Sentences with word «revaccination»

The practice of annual vaccination in our opinion should be considered of questionable efficacy unless it is used as a mechanism to provide an annual physical examination or is required by law (i.e., certain states require annual revaccination for rabies).

The following update discusses use of serologic viral antibody titers for determining the need for revaccination of healthy pets (see Antech News, April; 1998 for background).

Unfortunately, the great majority of revaccination of adult dogs is unnecessary and never explained.

For example, in 2003 task force member Dr. Richard Ford, Professor of Medicine, North Carolina State University, said that the decision to recommend a 3 - year revaccination schedule for core vaccines was a compromise.

Many practices still revaccination at yearly or triennial intervals even now, despite recommendations to not vaccinate needlessly coming from the AVMA, AAHA and the AAFP.

Task force member Dr Richard Ford, Professor of Medicine, North Carolina State University, said that the decision to recommend a three year revaccination schedule for core vaccines was a compromise.

In fact, Christine was quite influential in forcing the state of Maine to change its annual rabies revaccination requirement from annually to every three years.

Many vets and pet owners are fond of using titers to determine whether a dog requires revaccination with the understanding that a low titre equals low immunity.

Why would the AAHA recommend revaccination when faced with research showing that those vaccines were extremely likely to protect dogs and cats for life?

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People don't need yearly revaccinations for core diseases.

The 2011 revaccination guidelines state: «every 3 years or more» with the following comment: «Among healthy dogs, all commercially available [core] vaccines are expected to induce a sustained protective immune response lasting at least 5 yr.

Then the dog needs a booster a year later followed by revaccination every three years.

In some states, a veterinarian is permitted to exempt a senior dog from rabies revaccination on the basis of possible threat to health.

A booster vaccination will be given in one year and then revaccination will occur every three years after that.

Exacerbation has been observed after revaccination.

Clinical application of serum parvovirus and distemper virus antibody titers for determining revaccination strategies in healthy dogs.

This could explain their poor immunologic response to revaccination as adults.

Once your dog reaches adulthood, your veterinarian will discuss the appropriate vaccination schedules for your dog including the need for booster revaccination.

Guidelines suggest revaccination every 2 to 3 years depending on the vaccine used.

Some vets are able to see through the politics and money that drive revaccination while others can't.

That same article by Drs. Schultz and Phillips goes on to say: «Furthermore, revaccination fails to stimulate a secondary response as a result of interference by existing antibodies.»

And tell the USDA to grant us easy access to reported adverse reactions for all companion animal vaccines, and to allow only scientifically - proven revaccination recommendations on vaccine labels.

The recommendation to vaccinate annually was based on the assumption that immunity would wane in some dogs, thus to ensure immunity in the population, all dogs required revaccination since it was not practical to test each animal for antibody.

The veterinary profession risks losing credibility when pet owners discover crucial information about revaccination has been withheld from them for years.

«In our studies, puppies vaccinated annually with modified live CPV - 2, CDV and CAV vaccines received no added benefit from annual revaccination throughout a period of 7 years when compared to dogs that were vaccinated as puppies then challenged with virulent virus at 7 years of age.

Many dog owners are still not being advised that there is no scientific evidence to support annual OR triennial revaccination with core modified live virus (MLV) vaccines for parvovirus, distemper virus and adenovirus.

Immunity to most infectious diseases gradually declines over time, so periodic revaccination is generally necessary.

I suspect that many pet owners are still not being informed that there is no evidence to support revaccination of already immune animals with so - called «booster» shots, nor that there is the option of titre testing to verify a response to core MLV vaccination.

Ms Arthy, on what evidence does the APVMA continue to re-register canine core MLV vaccine products which recommend repeated revaccination of adult dogs?

Animals that have expired vaccinations should be evaluated on severity of exposure, time elapsed since last vaccination, number of previous vaccinations, current health status and local rabies epidemiologic factors to determine the need for euthanasia or immediate revaccination and observation with isolation.

Tell your vet you want to avoid revaccination for rabies, except as required by law.

Many states like New York require revaccinations at three - year intervals which is the longest.

Afterward, he said that the decision to recommend a three year revaccination schedule for core vaccines was a compromise.

Adult cats whose vaccination history is unknown should receive a single FVRCP followed by a booster one year later before starting the 3 year revaccination schedule.

This could help reduce the number of revaccinations for specific pathogens or the relapse of cancer.»

That is why we are trying to prevent annual revaccination with the Core Vaccines that provide long term immunity in a majority of most dogs, but not all!»

In the case of negative titers, Dr. Schultz recommends revaccination, even though the dog could already be protected.

Also, Schultz says, it's important to understand that while your dog may not likely need frequent (if any) revaccination as an adult for distemper, parvo or adeno, other vaccines do require booster, even annually.

Sometimes the vaccine induced protective immunity lasts for years without needing a repeat (booster) vaccination; however, some diseases need yearly revaccination to keep immunity at a protective level.

Yearly re-vaccination is also recommended by the vaccine manufacturer and FDA, however, recent evidence suggests that adult pets have longer immunity and that revaccination on an every other year or every three year basis may be adequate.

Excessive puppy shots, booster shots, and rabies revaccinations can destroy health and shorten the lives of our beloved pets.

But Berman Institute faculty say that teen and adult revaccinations are also part of the solution.