Fordogs Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Just wondering if anyone else has used Bronchi Shield 111 resulting in other dogs in their kennel getting Kennel Cough? This is my experience. I have a 4.5 month old puppy that is going to her new home in a few days, as she will be living in the city I gave her a 16 week vaccination and included Bronchi Shield 111, (not a vaccine that I would normally use but wanted to be sure that the puppy was fully vaccinated for everything, 5 days later one of my other dogs started coughing and during the next few days I had 3 that were coughing, the other 3 were and are still fine. I rung my vet who said that they had not recently seen any KC and my dogs have not been off my property so the Kennel Cough has to be related to the vaccine. The vaccinated puppy has not shown any sign of KC nor has the other 4 month old that she runs with constantly. I will never use Bronchi Shield vaccine again. Not Happy as we were entered in a Specialty Easter show and couldn't go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ams Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I have had dogs come down with KC and none of them have left the property. It is airborne so if a dog who has KC has been in the vicinity of your place then the virus could have been carried in on the air. One of your dogs may have caught the virus from a recent show and not shown symptoms but have passed it on to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordogs Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 No, Not been to a show in 4 months. No passing dogs as we live on acres, very few dogs in my area, 3 or 4 at the most and all are confined as it is a farming area with stock and farmers would be within their rights to shoot any dog around stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 It is believed that once vaccinated that the dog then sheds the virus. Many never do for K C and rely on the dogs picking up their own immunity with the contact of other dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Yes i have had dog that was vaccinated with KC & would get a non contagious cough each time . No longer vaccinate for that aspect anymore & no cough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Is it a type of vaccine that contains a small amount of the disease? Like some human vaccines contain tiny traces of the disease they are vaccinating against, not enough to usually make someone sick but enough to build a resistance. Maybe it was one of those really rare cases in your pup that it actually made him sick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salukifan Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Have you had any visitors to your property handling your dogs? it could be transmitted on hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordogs Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 minimax, the vaccinated puppy is NOT sick, she has no symptoms of KC, nor the puppy running with her. The dogs with KC are random they have not even been right next to her, only in passing by?? The vaccinated puppy is the only common denominator here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordogs Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 No recent visitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 minimax, the vaccinated puppy is NOT sick, she has no symptoms of KC, nor the puppy running with her. The dogs with KC are random they have not even been right next to her, only in passing by?? The vaccinated puppy is the only common denominator here? Ok, sorry I misread (broken brain, it's late and I'm on DOL procrastinating instead of writing a uni essay). If the vaccinated puppy is the common link - then did the puppy go somewhere to be vaccinated, or did someone come to you to vaccinate it? Either way, it must have had contact with the outside world during the vaccination process and may have come into contact with KC - maybe she passed it on, but didn't get it herself. (no idea if that's even possible, just throwing random ideas out there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkes Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) If I remember correctly Bronchi Shield is a live virus so yeah, another dog could catch it off the vaccinated dog. Its the one they squirt up the nose right? I'm pretty sure when I first started fostering my vet recommended keeping the dog who was treated separate from my own dogs for 24hrs. Edited April 3, 2013 by Burkes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigirl Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I never vaccinate for KC, it's useless, Dogs still get KC even if they are vacc'd. Kind of like the flu vac for us, it's last years strain you are being vacc'd against. I vacc my pups with a C3 and never anything more. A pup I bred recently went to a home in Nth QLd where they gave him a "Lepto" vacc on the vets advice. I had never heard of this vaccine until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha bet Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Read Jean Dodds information on vaccination. This is probably the most recent research available. There are eight strains of kennel cough.... vaccines only cover two..... Also she states that the KC vaccinations only have an expected life of 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyBlue Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Read Jean Dodds information on vaccination. This is probably the most recent research available. There are eight strains of kennel cough.... vaccines only cover two..... Also she states that the KC vaccinations only have an expected life of 6 months. Can you put up a link for that please :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glendaw Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 My 2 dogs have the C5 as it is the minimum vaccination accepted at boarding kennels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ams Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I never vaccinate for KC, it's useless, Dogs still get KC even if they are vacc'd. Kind of like the flu vac for us, it's last years strain you are being vacc'd against. I vacc my pups with a C3 and never anything more. A pup I bred recently went to a home in Nth QLd where they gave him a "Lepto" vacc on the vets advice. I had never heard of this vaccine until now. Leptospirosis is quite prevalent in Northern Qld and is zoonotic. Dogs may be asymptomatic, have mild symptoms or acute/fatal. http://vetmedicine.about.com/od/diseasesandconditions/a/CW-Leptospirosis.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frufru Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 (edited) When my youngest bitch had her last puppy vac which included Kennel Cough (I don't normally vac for this) my two older dogs got what seemed to be a very mild case - I didn't take them to the vet as they were not sick but definitely a slight cough Edited April 7, 2013 by frufru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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