Well said Pam. Here the titers cost a lot more then the Booster. Petco runs a clinic and their are other pet shops that do the same thing. The Booster only cost $15.00, the titers range from $50.00 to $125.00 depending on how much a Vet wants to rip you off. Still it's worth the money, because if your dog has a reaction then you could be in for a life time of vet bills. Not only that but all meds and any impurities in a dogs system (as with humans too) is filtered through the liver. If the liver isn't strong enough to filter out the impurities and meds then they stay within the liver itself and constantly weaken and damage the liver. So along with the fact that constant revaccinating does not add more antibodies to the animals system, you have a liver that is on over load and then in turn the dogs immune system is compromised even more.
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Date: 4/3/2012 6:01:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Rabies in US - Wa Yearly Vaccines
I agree. If people would not treat Vets as Gods, and understand that there is a lot of politics and money making going on there, their pocket book and their pets would be better off. Why blindly give a live vaccine without knowing if your pets need it?? and when a titer will give u the information you need?? I wonder how many of your vets out there even suggest to you that you might be able to avoid putting this crapola into your pet's body by checking a titer first?? I bet not many..cause a titer is a heck of a lot cheaper than these boosters.
I stand corrected! I thought I had read somewhere that it was Distemper that had an outbreak. My big error! Anyway, those statistic's are for dogs and cats that have never been vaccinated. I am saying and so does the studies that the AVMA did, that a dog does not have to be re-vaccinated every year. When you read their recommendations they say that the rabies vaccine should last 5+ yrs.
We also have a choice of doing a titer to see if there is still enough rabies antibodies in a dogs system, before we give another shot to them.
I will probably have a titer done on Gigi, if she doesn't have any immunity against the rabies vaccine, then I will give her a shot, but I really doubt that she will ever need a second shot or get it again. The same holds for Princess.
So I do believe in vaccinating dogs, but only once for each of the virus's that are out there. I do believe in giving puppies the series of their first shots for all virus's and then a Booster a year later, plus the initial rabies shot.
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Date: 4/3/2012 2:57:26 PM
Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Rabies in US - Wa Yearly Vaccines
I know that you do not want to vaccinate your dogs with the rabies vaccine, but your information about no cases of rabies anywhere in over 24 years is incorrect.
Every pet owner has to make decisions that they feel are right for themselves and their pet. I just want to post the statistics and information from the CDC. And…after reading this information – knowing that there have, and continue to be, rabies cases in the US, everyone does need to weigh the facts and decide what is best for themselves.
Here is a link to the CDC…this map shows the 2010 numbers – red dots being dogs, and yellow dots being cats.
Domestic species accounted for 8% of all rabid animals reported in the United States in 2010. The number of reported rabid domestic animals decreased among all domestic species except cats.
In 2010, cases of rabies in cats increased 1.0% compared with the number reported in 2009. The number of rabies cases reported in cats is routinely 3-4 times that of rabies reported in cattle or dogs. Pennsylvania reported the largest number of rabid domestic animals (72) for any state, followed by New York (51). In 2010 approximately 1.1% of cats and 0.3% of dogs tested for rabies were found positive.
Each year, scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collect information about cases of animal and human rabies from the state health departments and publish the information in a summary report. The most recent report, entitled "Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2010," contains the epidemiologic information on rabies during 2010. Below is a brief summary of the surveillance information for 2010, including maps showing the distribution of rabies in the United States.
In 2010, 48 states and Puerto Rico reported 6,153 cases of rabies in animals and 2 human cases to CDC (Hawaii is the only state that is rabies free). The total number of reported cases decreased by approximately 8.0% from those reported in 2009 (6,690 rabid animals and 4 human cases).
What is the risk for my pet?
Any animal bitten or scratched by either a wild, carnivorous mammal or a bat that is not available for testing should be regarded as having been exposed to rabies.
Unvaccinated dogs, cats, and ferrets exposed to a rabid animal should be euthanized immediately. If the owner is unwilling to have this done, the animal should be placed in strict isolation for 6 months and vaccinated 1 month before being released.
The importance of vaccinating your pet
Although the majority of rabies cases occur in wildlife, most humans are given rabies vaccine as a result of exposure to domestic animals. This explains the tremendous cost of rabies prevention in domestic animals in the United States.
While wildlife are more likely to be rabid than are domestic animals in the United States, the amount of human contact with domestic animals greatly exceeds the amount of contact with wildlife.
Your pets and other domestic animals can be infected when they are bitten by rabid wild animals. When "spillover" rabies occurs in domestic animals, the risk to humans is increased.
Pets are vaccinated by your veterinarian to prevent them from acquiring the disease from wildlife, and thereby transmitting it to humans.
(all the above was copied and pasted from the CDC website)
hasn't been a case of rabies anywhere in over 24 yrs.
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Date: 4/3/2012 11:30:40 AM
Subject: [Chihuahuas] Yearly Vaccines
Hi Everyone,
My vet's office just sent a reminder that Cooper my 15 month old Chi is due for his vaccinations and parasite check. I can't remember who said something about having them check the levels to make sure that he really needs a booster. I don't take any meds myself, and I certainly don't want to give my dogs anything unnecessary or potentially harmful.
The ones that he is due for are DA2PPv 1 year immunity, IDEXX Fecal Ova and Parasites by Zin, IDEXX Young Canine Maintenance Profile, and Rabies Canine 1 year Booster. My little Dali had a reaction to the rabies vaccine when she got it for the first time so I am concerned. What do you think?
Thanks! Cindy
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