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Vaccination Issues

Because we care so much for our animals, we try to do the best we can for them. This must include, of course, the prevention of infectious diseases. Both vaccination with conventional vaccines and homeoprophylaxis with nosodes are much in the news, these days. Rarely has a subject been so emotionally-charged as is the vaccination issue. Fear of side effects, adverse reactions and vaccine damage (vaccinosis, adverse vaccine reaction) are widespread. The possibility is being raised of autoimmunity (auto-immunity) in response to vaccination. Annual boosting (revaccination) in animals has become a habit quite without scientific support (in fact there is much evidence against this practice). A three-year vaccine is available but annual boosting is still the norm. The issue of titre testing has come to the fore. Double boosters (i.e. a two-vaccination course, like a puppy course) are often recommended for dogs that have lapsed or fallen behind with their annual boosters. Repeat doses are often advised, whenever there is a local 'scare'. In sporting horses, there is a rigid vaccination boosting rule, which means vaccination courses must be restarted if a booster is a day late, however little science there is to support this policy. For animals to be taken abroad and brought back to the UK, a rigid regime of vaccination and other chemical treatments is a legal necessity (the AVMC does not therefore recommend taking advantage of the Pet Passport scheme). These articles are an attempt to defuse the emotions and to rationalise on the basis of knowledge and of experience (click on required topic), in order to help caring animal owners find a way through the welfare dilemma this complex and multi-faceted issue presents. This area will inevitably be the subject of expansion as developments occur.

Common vaccinations of horses, ponies, donkeys, dogs, cats, ferrets and rabbits are:

Canine Distemper
Canine parvovirus
Leptospirosis (icterohaemorrhagiae and canicola)
Hepatitis
Kennel Cough
Canine Herpes
Equine Influenza
Tetanus
Equine Herpes
Feline Influenza
Feline Panleucopaenia (Feline Enteritis)
Feline Rhinotracheitis
Feline Calicivirus
Chlamydia
Feline Leukaemia
Myxomatosis

I came across this interesting thread, the other day ... it's from 2003 but it is on a very fresh topic (that of vaccination).

http://www.champdogsforum.co.uk/board/topic/34505.html
 

Vaccination Nosode Protection (Homeoprophylaxis) Owner experience
Pet Passports Suspect Adverse Reaction Surveillance Scheme (SARSS) Welfare
Nosodes Vaccination Problems  

 

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1. There is no science to support the current practice of booster vaccination (annual revaccination, annual boosting).

2. There are real dangers in giving a dog a double course of vaccine, after lapsed annual boosters. There is no science to support this practice.

3. Titre testing (antibody testing) does not clarify the immunity issue.

4. Vaccination involves the introduction of materials in addition to the antigenic material i.e. variously: aluminium (aluminum in USA), mercury, single cell line culture, animal tissue, preservatives, phenol, antibiotic etc.

5. There is no real information on duration of immunity following administration of the major vaccines.

6. Homeopathy and nosodes cannot give 100% against the ill-effects of vaccination and cannot rid the body entirely of the harmful effects of vaccination.

The AVMC is very willing to discuss these topics, in an objective manner, knowing what a real dilemma they present to the caring animal (dog, cat, horse, pony, donkey, ferret, rabbit) owner.

N.B.: We do not supply nosode protection courses to those whom we have not met and to whom we have not fully explained all the issues surrounding this topic. We do not wish to do anything that might perpetuate misunderstandings. Adoption of the nosode policy, in place of a vaccination programme is a matter for informed decision-making.

The AVMC is very keen to hear from readers or clients who have experiences, either positive or negative, with nosodes for disease prevention (e-mail)

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