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Lifelong Immunity – Why Vets Are Pushing Back
http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com...immunity-vets/
The duration of immunity for Rabies vaccine, Canine distemper vaccine, Canine Parvovirus vaccine, Feline Panleukopenia vaccine, Feline Rhinotracheitis, feline Calicivirus, have all been demonstrated to be a minimum of 7 years by serology for rabies and challenge studies for all others. In the Duration of Immunity to Canine Vaccines: What We Know and What We Don’t Know, Proceedings – Canine Infectious Diseases: From Clinics to Molecular Pathogenesis, Ithaca, NY, 1999, Dr. Ronald Schultz, a veterinary immunologist at the forefront of vaccine research and chair of the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Pathobiological Sciences, outlines the DOI for the following vaccines: Minimum Duration of Immunity for Canine Vaccines: Distemper- 7 years by challenge/15 years by serology Parvovirus – 7 years by challenge/ 7 years by serology Adenovirus – 7 years by challenge/ 9 years by serology Canine rabies – 3 years by challenge/ 7 years by serology Dr. Schultz concludes: “Vaccines for diseases like distemper and canine parvovirus, once administered to adult animals, provide lifetime immunity.” “Are we vaccinating too much?” JAVMA, No. 4, August 15, 1995, pg. 421. Yet vets continue to vaccinate annually. Dog owners feel that their vets are doing their dogs a great service by vaccinating every three years instead of annually – why do we allow it when these studies were done over thirty years ago and have been replicated time and again by other researchers? Ian Tizard states: “With modified live virus vaccines like canine parvovirus, canine distemper and feline panleukopenia, calicivirus, and rhinotracheitis the virus in the vaccine must replicate to stimulate the immune system. In a patient that has been previously immunized, antibodies from the previous vaccine will block the replication of the new vaccinal virus. Antibody titers are not significantly boosted. Memory cell populations are not expanded. The immune status of the patient is not enhanced. After the second rabies vaccination, re-administration of rabies vaccine does not enhance the immune status of the patient at one or two year intervals. We do not know the interval at which re- administration of vaccines will enhance the immunity of a significant percentage of the pet population, but it is certainly not at one or two year intervals. Tizard Ian, Yawei N, Use of serologic testing to assess immune status of companion animals, JAVMA, vol 213, No 1, July 1, 1998. “The recommendation for annual re-vaccination is a practice that was officially started in 1978.” says Dr. Schultz. “This recommendation was made without any scientific validation of the need to booster immunity so frequently. In fact the presence of good humoral antibody levels blocks the anamnestic response to vaccine boosters just as maternal antibody blocks the response in some young animals.” He adds: “The patient receives no benefit and may be placed at serious risk when an unnecessary vaccine is given. Few or no scientific studies have demonstrated a need for cats or dogs to be revaccinated. Annual vaccination for diseases caused by CDV, CPV2, FPLP and FeLV has not been shown to provide a level of immunity any different from the immunity in an animal vaccinated and immunized at an early age and challenged years later. We have found that annual revaccination with the vaccines that provide long-term immunity provides no demonstrable benefit.” Why then, have vets not embraced the concept of lifelong immunity in dogs? “Profits are what vaccine critics believe is at the root of the profession’s resistance to update its protocols. Without the lure of vaccines, clients might be less inclined to make yearly veterinary visits. Vaccines add up to 14 percent of the average practice’s income, AAHA reports, and veterinarians stand to lose big. I suspect some are ignoring my work,” says Schultz, who claims some distemper vaccines last as long as 15 years. “Tying vaccinations into the annual visit became prominent in the 1980s and a way of practicing in the 1990s. Now veterinarians don’t want to give it up.” ******************* There is more at the link. I'd like to add one personal comment. What the studies are showing is that vets are refusing to listen to science and want the money over the safety of our pets. That's really sad! Cyndi |
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Lifelong Immunity – Why Vets Are PushingBack
You are not current. The in-progress study on rabies vaccine now shows
a 5-year on challenge rating. And some county/city ordinances are still stuck at 1 year requirements. Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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Lifelong Immunity – Why Vets Are Pushing Back
On Dec 9, 4:02*pm, (Jo Wolf) wrote:
You are not current. I didn't write the article and it was put out on Dec 6 of this year. If they used outdated numbers please link to something more current. However, even if it's not what you consider current it's still ahead of what many people think and unfortunately that includes vets. The in-progress study on rabies vaccine now shows a 5-year on challenge rating. *And some county/city ordinances are still stuck at 1 year requirements. Yep. Isn't that sad? Watch for my next post. It will make you even more sad. Cyndi Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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Lifelong Immunity – Why Vets Are PushingBack
It was the rabies you were "behind" on.
Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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Lifelong Immunity – Why Vets Are Pushing Back
On Dec 11, 9:15*pm, (Jo Wolf) wrote:
It was the rabies you were "behind" on. Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA Again, I didn't write the article, I just posted it so I'm not behind on anything. You sure like arguing! How about contributing instead. Post the latest on rabies for instance. |
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