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Post by craigandbev on Aug 22, 2014 10:08:15 GMT -5
Our oldest greyhound is 13 this year. Her yearly booster is due soon. I've been 'told' that she may not benefit by continuing them, ie, the risks out way the benefits (not by a vet I might add).
Opinions please from all you oldie owners, do you still vaccinate yearly?
Thank you.
Bev
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Post by Mr Roo on Aug 22, 2014 11:17:05 GMT -5
We still do Biba is now 12 Ben and Bobster 10 just out of habit really, as we had an alsation years ago and he was 11 and vaccinated every year but he still caught parvo and died, so i dont think it helps as they get older as their immune system isnt so great anyway, but the vet at the time said it didnt help him.
paulx
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Post by samburns on Aug 22, 2014 11:29:10 GMT -5
I wonder if some of the advice/discussion on this thread might be useful: greyhoundgap.proboards.com/thread/71058/annual-boosters-after-chemoI know in Dickie's case I was asking the question because he was immuno-compromised but I found some of the information about vaccinating generally very helpful in coming to a decision (which for a number of reasons in his case was that we discontinued vaccinating him when he was 9 years old). I have to say though that being involved in rescue as we are, I often worried about exposing Dickie to risks of infection, particularly with transporting dogs from pounds. I know we should all be very careful but I just became that bit more aware x |
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Post by mtbbuxton on Aug 22, 2014 11:44:58 GMT -5
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Post by lurcherlot on Aug 22, 2014 13:23:10 GMT -5
Apart from Jess, who is 13 and always had side effects from the vaccination, the 10 & 12 y.o's are done - I stopped hers when she was 10, having been done every year previously, so a good record of them. The type of vaccine used by my vet covers Parvo for 3 years - but I have always understood that Leptospirosis only lasts for 6 months, so on that basis, yearly boosters of it may not be sufficient?
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Post by vickyb on Aug 22, 2014 13:55:20 GMT -5
Our vet has advised that Sapphy isn't vaccinated for the foreseeable future and possibly never again because of her autoimmune disease although she is still covered by the 3 yr part of the vaccine. When Trixie got old and wasn't well my vet advised just doing the lepto - he'd treated a case recently at the time.
Liz- I believe the new lepto vaccine lasts longer than the old one and it covers more strains although I asked our vet if they were switching to the new one but they've decided to wait. He told me on my next appt that they'd been discussing lepto and out of 6 vets with years and years experience between them they'd only ever seen 2 cases of lepto which begs the question do they really need it or is the low number because of vaccination???
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Post by Ted on Aug 22, 2014 13:56:46 GMT -5
It depends on which booster the vet uses. Eurican is an old type, but is cheap for vets to purchase but charge the full booster price. My vet uses a modern booster called Duramine. Eurican caused severe pain problems to my elder Greyhound even though at the time he was only 5 years. Since being with my present vet there has been no repeat of the Eurican problem in fact Merlin ( now 10 years ) hardly notices the Duramine booster injection. I asked my vet about not giving them any boosters and he did point out that he has seen dogs not vaccinated suffering from Parvo, also he had been called out for dogs on the alternative boosters by Alternated Vets which were suffering Parvo.
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Post by Jen Wren on Aug 22, 2014 15:14:06 GMT -5
Goldie had her last jabs when she was 13 in December. After she hit 14 and was due again I decided not to do it knowing that she probably wasn't going to live another year not because she was ill but just due to her age and she had been vaccinated regularly I didn't see the point. She was PTS in the following January of plain old old age.
There won't be any harm in vaccinating again but I find that the yearly check up is more invaluable so would go to the vets anyway and see what they think x
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Post by Nettie on Aug 23, 2014 3:03:58 GMT -5
Mine are not vaccinated for everything every year now. They are vaccinated with Nobivac vaccines and I follow the protocol advice in their data sheet which is the whole lot every 3 years and lepto and one for 'flu' every year. I'm still amazed that some vets still do them all every year. Research by the manufacturers has proved this isn't necessary. When vets prescribe other drugs they follow the prescription data sheet for the drug but when it comes to vaccinations it seems they haven't moved with the times and vaccinate every year 'because that's how we have always done it' which seems bonkers to me.
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Post by julies on Aug 23, 2014 13:32:53 GMT -5
I 'vaccinate' with homeopathic nosodes. If you're trying to decide then have a look at the information on Canine Health Concern about vaccinations particularly that the vaccine manufacturers tell vets to only vaccinate healthy dogs so to me that means my vet should not vaccinate any dog that has arthritis, cancers, auto-immune etc etc etc ...
J xx
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Post by craigandbev on Aug 23, 2014 13:44:59 GMT -5
Thank you for all your comments  |
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Post by Lisa on Aug 25, 2014 4:45:35 GMT -5
The new protocol means that the parvo cover is now only given 3 yearly anyway. The yearly boosters are aimed at Lepto which is the most risky and hardest to cover of all the very serious illnesses. I recently re vaccinated Tzar even though he is 12 1/2 because he spends time in and out of water near to us that I know contains rats but the 3 greyounds who are all 11 and above I no longer vaccinate. They are only street walked and spend no time off lead and are only street walked close to home. I also know that they have been vaccinated yearly since birth so have a good cover base. Lepto though is NOT to be sniffed at and is the one vaccine that struggles to hold cover even for just the year it is given over
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