NEWS FLASH suspicious about annual injections for my dog. NEWS FLASH I would very much appreciate your thoughts in this matter since I am extremely suspicious about annual injections for my dog. I think that most people will agree that initial vaccinations should be administered. However, is there really a need to subject our pets to annual boosters? How much revenue is created from this process, I suspect a large amount when you take into consideration the cost each year! Before I have any of my puppies vaccinated for the first time, I ask my vet to carry out a complete health check to insure if they are well enough. My GSD has not had any vaccinations now for over 6 years, since research in the States has suggested that boosters are only required every 5 - 6 years. I also worry that his state of health would not cope with another vaccination and I do not wish to further add to his problems. From a personal view, I honestly feel that our vets do over vaccinate. What are your thoughts? After all, I do not know of any child or person who is subjected to this. The following statement has been made from a vet based in the States...... Let me shed a little light on the subject with a little education. I am a veterinarian from the U.S. and have really focused on educating dog owners about the problems with annual vaccination. First you need to understand how vaccines work. When a vaccine is given to your dog the body acts like it has been infected with the disease of the vaccine and it produces antibodies. It is the antibodies that protect against an actual infection. As long as the antibodies are in the dogs body the dog will be protected. And that is where the research comes in. A duration study is one that tests how long antibodies stay around or last in the body. In the past drug companies were only testing for one year because that was all they were required to test. Why would they test longer they would lose money if the antibodies stay around longer? Well duration studies done independently by veterinarians such as Dr. Ron Schultz of the University of Wisconsin-Madison show that the antibodies for the diseases of Distemper, Parvo and Hepatitis stay in the dogs body between 6 and 9 years. Which means that a dog is protected against those diseases after proper vaccination for that long of a time period. In fact some of the research indicated that a few dogs are actually protected longer than that. The 6 to 9 years is only an average, which means some dogs are protected longer and some dogs less than that as well. So now comes the problem. You see annual vaccination has side effects. Really bad side effects. In recent studies it has been implicated that annual vaccination causes an overstimulation of the immune system which in turn causes diseases such as allergies, autoimmune diseases (the body attacking itself such as in AutoImmune Hemolytic Anemia), and even cancer. In fact in cats it has been proven that annual vaccination causes a specific type of cancer. Anecdotal evidence by myself and many many other veterinarians is showing that if you have a dog with allergies giving them a vaccination will stimulate an allergic episode and that if you do not vaccinate the dog anymore the allergic episodes reduce in frequency and severity. I personally have had dogs with horrible skin allergies make a complete recovery by changing their diet and no longer giving vaccines. My vaccination recommendations now - complete series of puppy vaccines then a booster a year later, then titers (a blood test to determine the level of antibodies in the dog) every three years to determine if the dog still has antibodies in their system. If they do then they are protected against the disease and do not require a booster. If the antibody level is low then the dog receives a vaccine of that disease. It has been difficult to change a procedure that has been pushed hard for so many years, even many veterinarians are fighting the change to the new vaccine protocols, so I can only imagine what it does to owners. The insurance companies will discontinue their requirements of annual vaccinations when it becomes pretty much common knowledge that annual vaccination will cost them more money in the long run by treating for allergies, autoimmune diseases and cancer. They will require puppy vaccines and then boosters every three years. I still do not like that protocol but it is better than annual vaccinations. I think the annual boosters are unnecessary. I follow a protocol of annual until 5 years, then every 2 years until 9, then maybe a last at 12/13. The American Vets Assoc has now started moving towards this, and it will probably follow here sometime next century. In my personal experience European vets are pro the jab,
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:52:16 +0000
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