Nora Ferrell Webboard User Reg: 02-10-2008
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Well, end of the story for my friend, she didn't take the pup back for the vaccination. She won't have any vax except for rabies as soon as is safe for the pup. Rabies is something she must have as she lives in the country and there is the remote chance that the dog could encounter this disease.
This is the same vet's office to where I take my little precious.
They have two vets there and I like one but am not fond of the other.
I just recently had an experience with a sick dog there but it turned out well.
Small town, few choices, but when I go, I'm kinda locked and loaded. Last year when I got Mimi her rabies vax, I asked that particular vet about it being good for three years. He kinda talked around it but finally said for me to just mention that the vax had made my dog not feel well and they would be able to skip it for the next couple of years.
After that, I dunno, but I don't plan on any more vax.
Now, if I could just figure out the new pig flu thing.
I know this is an old topic, but I didn't see one point mentioned... adult dogs are not as susceptible to parvo. The parvovirus attacks the growing cells of the intestinal lining, and obviously in a young pup there are lots of growing cells, and though there are always some new cells replacing dying cells, there are not so many in adult dogs. So vaccinating against parvo in an adult dog may not be recommended by many vets. I realize this was a pup, but Ann said it right with her post so I won't add much more. I am NOT a vet and don't want anyone to misunderstand and think I am, but I did attend veterinary college and had an entire semester on bacteria and viruses in our animals. Vet schools offer discussion on the debate of vaccination during out of class seminars.
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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Parvo is a puppy disease...but the virus is carried by adult dogs & shed in their eliminations. I vaccinate pups 2x age 12 & 16-18 weeks & then run titers every couple of years to check levels of immunity.
true, it is also carried just as redily by vaccinated dogs, i know from experience.
I personally would not vaccinate an adult against it, or any dog who has already had it, and survived.
Titers to me seems to be the way to go... cost comparable to vaccines themselves. You may check titers and need the vax, but more than likely you may check and NOT need more shots. I'm a believe in less is more in many, individual circumstances. Of course, sometimes certain situations may warrant vaccines or other injections.
If vax are a major source of regular income for vets (they are), and people's resistance to more, repeated vax is creating an issue, why not divert the attention to titers...??? Cost about the same, might avoid more unneccessary vax overload. But if necessary, vax can still be given with slightly great vet bill.
And everyone remember, you are in control.... you can request the titers and not the immunization. Might get some resistance, but who cares?
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Re: Vax AFTER Parvo
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