Not exact matches
Vaccinating older individuals is problematic, as the effectiveness of most vaccines
decrease with age, with maximal
responses often as low as 30 % in the over 70s.5 Nevertheless,
vaccination programmes demonstrate the ability
to reduce disease burden in the elderly as well as offering a tool
to observe immune
responses in vivo in humans.
But
vaccination with selected bacterial proteins plus vitamin A, instead of using live viruses, may be able
to decrease the risks and increase the protective
response.
This is consistent with reports associating regular exercise with reduced incidence of dementia3 and several cancer types.26 - 28 Potential reasons for improved functional status and survival among regular exercisers may include increased cardiovascular fitness and improved aerobic capacity and organ reserve,29 - 31 increases in skeletal mass and metabolic adaptations of muscle with
decreased frailty,29 - 31 lower levels of circulating inflammatory markers, 32 improved
response to vaccinations, 33 and improved higher - order cognitive functions.34
Since it's not possible
to predict for each kitten when MDA has
decreased adequately
to allow an effective
response to vaccination, your veterinarian will give your cat a series of
vaccinations.