What they are reducing the frequency of vaccines for pets, but not for children????

[Anna's Lovey]

This was a Q&A session answer on Healthy Pet.com:

" Vaccination against disease is a medical procedure and, like all medical procedures, carries some inherent risk. As in any medical procedure or decision, the advantages must be balanced against the risks. Veterinarians recommend that no needless risks should be taken and that the best way to accomplish that is to reduce the number and frequency of administration of unnecessary vaccines.

As is the case with any medical decision, you and your veterinarian should make vaccination decisions after considering your pet's age, lifestyle, and potential exposure to infectious diseases."

http://www.healthypet.com/library_view.aspx?id=143

[ParisApril]

That's a really good question. I only give my dog the rabies shot once every three years and decline all the rest too.

[Emmeline II]

I know. I knew a breeder (a nice breeder who bought a farm so she would have enough room for her retired show dogs) who lost a litter to vaccinations and now goes minimum and delayed as much as she can.

[just_lily]

My dad's dog collapsed after vaccination. He doesn't think I am so crazy anymore.

But yeah, it is the vets that have been leading the way in all of this. Mercury was removed from animal vaccines long before it was removed from human's.

[Anna's Lovey]

Originally Posted by just_lily

My dad's dog collapsed after vaccination. He doesn't think I am so crazy anymore.

But yeah, it is the vets that have been leading the way in all of this. Mercury was removed from animal vaccines long before it was removed from human's.

Are you serious???? I just got the chills reading your post.

[Cristiaz]

My holistic vet says none are neccessary except the rabies one.

[MountainMamaGC]

If someone could find a more official article on this policy change, I would love that.

[Asiago]

Here's the info that changed veterinary medicine back in 2003, then again in 2006, however take note that the duration of immunity has long been shown (through serology and challenge) to exceed what vax manufactuers were reccomending for re-administration (usually annual). This information has been known for 25 years as you will see in the link below. It just took an awfully long time for change to take place. Sadly though, many veterinarians still maintain outdated veterinary medicine when it comes to vaccination though.


from link at bottom:



Also that semi-new three year reccomendation on the cores (distemper, adeno, parvo) was actually originally stated as "no sooner than every three years" however it has since morphed into "every three years". Minimum duration of Immunity far exceeds even the new three year core vaccine administration guidelines.
BTW, 'core' means those diseases that are more likely to result in severe health consequences or fatality. There are numerous other vaccines but only three that are classified as core in veterinary medicine (actually four since rabies is also one, but local law dictates the frequency of administration, not the studies). Some practitioners also include Parainfluenza as a core, but that seems to be noted as a core in some places but not others.

http://www.news.wisc.edu/8413

http://www.ivis.org/proceedings/Bake...bpd21/ivis.pdf

(Dr. Schultz is also part of the task force below in links)

http://www.aahanet.org/PublicDocumen...s06Revised.pdf

Also the Amercian Association of Feline Practitioners began changing their Vax Guidelines back in 1998 in order to reduce overvaccination of cats, especially in light of vaccine associated sarcoma. http://www.avma.org/vafstf/

and from the following: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16707236

Studies with feline core vaccines - feline parvovirus (FPV), calicivirus (FCV) and herpes virus type I (FHV-1) have shown a minimum DOI of greater than 3 years. Based on these results, the current canine and feline guidelines (which recommend that the last dose of core vaccines be given to puppies and kittens > or =12 weeks of age or older, then revaccination again at 1 year, then not more often than every 3 years, should provide a level of protection equal to that achieved by annual revaccination.