A question on the Parvo shot
Our dogs are due for their shots in January. At home our yard is privacy fenced, they don't come in contact with other dogs, Eris is a Corgi and 10 years old, Pickett is a Jack Russell mix and is 5 1...
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Excellent information, thank you!
dturm wrote:
Just a note on vaccinations, as it seems that many are reporting experiences with vaccination failure.
It does happen and for a variety of reasons. The animal vaccinated may be immune compromised and not respond to the vaccination because of disease, nutritional state, stress and individual biology. The vaccine could be "bad" meaning it was improperly manufactured, stored, shipped or handled. The vaccine could be administered improperly.
Then there is the timing factor. This is particularly common in shelters/rescues where the individual is exposed to the virus about the same time they are vaccinated. The incubation period of the disease is almost always shorter that the time it takes to develop an immune response to the vaccine (at least 2 weeks). And to get full immune response in an unvaccinated individual boosters are required in most, therefore another time delay in full protection.
Even though you hear about vaccine failures, they really don't happen very often when considering the number of animals that are vaccinated, and we can almost always figure out what the reason for the failure was.
Doug, DVM
