Sentences with phrase «running titer»

If you're considering vaccinating simply for financial reasons (because vaccines cost less than running a titer test) a well - planned vaccine / titer strategy might have you coming out ahead in the long run if you scale back on vaccines and run titers on a strategically planned schedule.

Ever hear or think of running titer on your animals?

If you choose to vaccinate your pet, it's a very good idea to run a titer test two to three weeks after the vaccination.

* We can run titers for rabies, but they are not accepted by the Health Department as legal proof of your pet's rabies vaccination status.

Instead of guessing if vaccination is necessary, you need to ask your vet to run a titer three weeks after your puppy's last vaccination.

Other veterinarians find it cost ineffective to recommend titers prior to vaccination; it costs a great deal more to run the titer than to simply give the vaccination.

Many veterinarians do not feel it is useful to run titers until this issue is resolved (i.e. there is more to protection than an antibody level; there is an entire immune system involved and there is no simple way to assess the entire immune system).

Run the titer test and show it to your vet!

Run titers on your pup.

Have your vet run a titer test three weeks after the vaccination.

I do not see much value in running titers to assess the immune system status against the various viral illnesses which there are vaccines for.

Dr. Kay comments, «There are several reasons I can think of why a vet might be loathe to run titers, but of these, I consider only a couple of them to be «honorable.

If you were to vaccinate a puppy and run a titer about three weeks afterward, it would have wonderful predictive value.

If you wish to minimize your pet's vaccines, but want to know — to the extent possible — whether or not she is protected against disease, it may be worthwhile to have your veterinarian run a titer test.

Not exact matches

Titers aren't harmful to run and do provide some information.

The perils of over-vaccinating are well known in the animal - loving community here and many, many run - of - the - mill vets are now offering titer testing.

Distemper and parvo titers (antibody levels) can be run to see if she already has immune (antibody - mediated) protection.

In fact, adult dogs rarely need revaccination for parvovirus and distemper and there is a simple blood test called a titer test that your vet can run to prove immunity.

The researchers recommended that all dogs, large and small, have a titer test run two — three weeks after a vaccination.

Wait two weeks and run parvo and distemper titers.

If a positive RSAT result is discovered, a diagnosis is usually confirmed with a Brucellaantibody titer or antigen test run in a reference laboratory.

There are a growing number of pet owners that will only have their veterinarian complete the initial puppy or kitten infectious disease vaccine protocols, then request to run vaccine antibody titers for the rest of the patient's life to determine if re-vaccination is necessary for a given disease.