Depending on your pup's exposure, our veterinarians at Vetsavers Pet Hospital may also recommend
vaccines against leptospirosis, bordetella, and influenza.
The exceptions are
vaccine against leptospirosis, which seem to only last a year and vaccination against kennel cough (which last six months to a year) and vaccinations against Lyme disease.
Not exact matches
The most common
vaccines boost immunities
against rabies, distemper, hepatitis,
leptospirosis, parainfluenza, parvovirus, and bordatella, commonly known as kennel cough.
There are canine
vaccines that are required by law,
vaccines that provide immunity for widely spread infectious diseases and optional
vaccines (such as those
against lyme disease or
leptospirosis).
Vaccines are available that can protect dogs
against some but not all of the bacteria that cause
leptospirosis.
Leptospirosis vaccine is only effective
against the 4 most common variants but these are often found in stagnant water so worth it.
In the Canine Health Concern
vaccine survey, 100 % of dogs with
leptospirosis contracted it just after being vaccinated
against it.
DHLPP: This
vaccine protects
against Distemper, Hepatitis, Parainfluenza and Parvovirus
vaccines, as well as
Leptospirosis, a bacterial infection.
A puppy at the age of 12 + weeks or an adult dog: combination
vaccine including agents
against Lyme, rabies and
leptospirosis.
This vaccination also protects
against hepatitis (adenovirus),
leptospirosis, parvo and parainfluenza, this is known as the 5 - way
vaccine.
Non-core
vaccines: used
against coronavirus,
leptospirosis, bordetella bronchiseptica and parainfluenza that cause «kennel cough», Lyme disease (provoked by borrelia burgdorferi).
Unlike canine distemper and parvovirus - infectious bad guys that are ubiquitous in the environment and
against which all dogs should receive
vaccine protection - not all dogs come into contact with
Leptospirosis.
Although the
leptospirosis vaccine does not protect
against all strains, it is still recommended for dogs at risk.
To provide protection for a dog
against Leptospirosis would require two
vaccines with four serovars twice per year.
Mature dogs and puppies who are at least four months in age who have never been vaccinated
against leptospirosis are usually given two doses of the
vaccine spaced apart between two and four weeks.
Puppies can be given a 5 - in - 1
vaccine called DHLPP (which protects the puppy from distemper, hepatitis,
leptospirosis, parvovirus and parainfluenza) or a 4 - in - 1 DAPP (which protects
against canine distemper, adenovirus type 2, parainfluenza, and the parvovirus) at their local vet.
Dr Schultz also advises
against using any bacterial
vaccines (like
leptospirosis, bordetella and Lyme).
Vaccines available for dogs: DA2PPL / 4L — protects
against distemper, adenovirus, parainfluenza, parvovirus and
leptospirosis.
A
vaccine can protect your dogs
against the four most common versions of
Leptospirosis: L. canicola, L. icterohaemorrhagiae, L. pomona and L. grippotyphosa.
One such combination
vaccine is a 7 - in - 1 or 7 - way
vaccine, which protects
against canine distemper, adenovirus, hepatitis, parainfluenza, parvovirus,
leptospirosis and corona virus.
In some
vaccines, such as those
against leptospirosis, they are probably the same elements that have the potential to cause undesired reaction as well.
Vaccines are now available to protect
against leptospirosis, Lyme disease, rabies and giardia.