Re: Bella's Visit with a New Vet - (vaccination)

2006-05-15 Thread Nina
There are two different rabies vaccines, one is good for 3 years and another is an annual shot. Don't get me started on the whole over-vaccination thing. I've got an IBD girl who almost died because of over-vaccination. There's just no reason to keep pumping our babies with poison, except

Re: Bella's Visit with a New Vet - (vaccination)

2006-05-15 Thread Ashleigh Smith
I'm with you, Nina. I had a cat actually DIE from over-vaccination. He got a vaccine-induced fibrosarcoma on his neck. We had surgery done on him, but the cancer returned. He went downhill very fast. I'm glad my new vet says that every three years is perfectly fine :-)~AshleighNina [EMAIL

Re: Bella's Visit with a New Vet - (vaccination)

2006-05-15 Thread Rachel Martineau
There aren't actually two different vaccines, just different protocols. Some states require annual vaccinations, some require only every 3 years. Some studies have shown that the rabies vaccines may have up to a 7 year immunization value. Scary to think how over-vaccinated some pets are actually