angelsophie Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I got my 2 yr old done today. C3 - every 3 yrs - KC every year - Nobivac is the one he was done with and it claims three years. Our vet was swift to implement new policy advising in writing months ago of the changes. puppy vacs, 1 yr booster, 3 yrly after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverStar-Aura Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) This thread actually has me very, VERY confused! Poochie was NEVER vaccinated after her puppy shots and 1st yearly booster and she lived to a ripe old age of 16 but Zeus on the other hand I've no idea what he's been getting. I'm still new at dog ownership (Poochie was a family pet and I was about 6 or 7 when we got her so was my parents' responsibility) and since I know she wasn't vaccinated at all after puppy-hood I'm not sure what I should be doing for Zeus. He'll be 2 years old on Tuesday and from his records he's been given C3 and C5 puppy boosters in 2009 (puppy), and then a year later he was given ProHeart (heartworm injection) and 2 other boosters by Virbac called Canigen KC (kennel cough I'm guessing) and Canigen DHA2P (for distemper, infectious hepatitis and parvovirus. Does this mean he's right for another 2 years because I don't really know any of this stuff. I guess I should be sorting this stuff out now since I'll be adding another puppy into the mix as of Saturday and I want to do the best by her. And I understand a lot of people seem reluctant to use the heartworm injection due to numerous problems it's cause so I'm wondering if I should not bother getting Zeus done again in October when he's due (and not have the puppy done at all). I don't know ... maybe I'm just stupid. Edited to ask: What is titre testing (is it pronounce tie-ter?) and how does it work in regards to vaccinations? I'm of the understanding that it's a test to prove immunity but for what diseases and how? Edited June 22, 2011 by RiverStar-Aura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Titre testing tests for parvo and distemper antibodies, if their levels are above a certain number then they have immunity against those diseases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormie Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) There's one manufacturer of vaccines that still insist on vaccinating yearly (and even claiming that the AVA has apparently realised they made a mistake with the new policy and have reviewed it ). So whilst this is still happening, those Vets who are the least bit tentative to change protocols will most likely be swayed by this and continue to want to do annuals, because they're still being told it's very necessary for the health of their patients. Can this manufacturer be named, Stormie? I didn't realise that ANY manufacturer of the vaccines had a change of protocol on vaccination frequency . I'm pleased that some have though .... that's a bit of progress, isn't it? Or am I somehow confused about this? Intervet (who make Nobivac) and now Pfizer have C3's with longer than annual registration. Pfizer have actually got an open registration on theirs, meaning the Vet can decide to make them annual, two yearly or three yearly. And the vaccine is EXACTLY the same as when it had annual reg. Virbac are still advocating annuals. They are behind the Disease Watchdog idea, which I do think is a great idea, but I do wonder if part of their plan is to 'scare' Vets, by having them able to see how close Parvo is to them and convince them to keep vacc'ing annually. Personally, we prefer to listen to the Specialists on the subject, who agree that vacc's are still important, but we need to be vacc'ing more dogs less often (ie getting those important puppy shots done) rather than the same about of dogs more often! For anyone interested, the following is a great read. It's the latest information I can find on the protocol change as issued by the WSAVA's Vacc Guideline Group. The second link, the PDF, is long but is full of information on their recommended guidelines for a whole range of circumstances, such as age, pound dogs etc... Ok firstly, here's a bit about the WSAVA's Vaccinations Guideline Group http://www.wsava.org/VGG1.htm And here's their latest guidelines from 2010 http://www.wsava.org/PDF/Misc/VaccinationGuidelines2010.pdf Edited June 23, 2011 by stormie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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