How vaccines damage dogs.

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The Science of Vaccine Damageby Catherine O'DriscollA team at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted severalstudies 1,2 to determine if vaccines can cause changes in the immune system ofdogs that might lead to life-threatening immune-mediated diseases. Theyobviously conducted this research because concern already existed. It wassponsored by the Haywood Foundation which itself was looking for evidence thatsuchchanges in the human immune system might also be vaccine induced. It found theevidence.The vaccinated, but not the non-vaccinated, dogs in the Purdue studiesdeveloped autoantibodies to many of their own biochemicals, includingfibronectin,laminin, DNA, albumin, cytochrome C, cardiolipin and collagen.This means that the vaccinated dogs â€â€but not the non-vaccinateddogsâ€â€were attacking their own fibronectin, which is involved in tissue repair,

cellmultiplication and growth, and differentiation between tissues and organs ina living organism. The vaccinated Purdue dogs also developed autoantibodiesto laminin, which is involved in many cellular activities including theadhesion, spreading, differentiation, proliferation and movement of cells.Vaccines thus appear to be capable of removing the natural intelligence ofcells.Autoantibodies to cardiolipin are frequently found in patients with theserious disease systemic lupus erythematosus and also in individuals with otherautoimmune diseases. The presence of elevated anti-cardiolipin antibodies issignificantly associated with clots within the heart or blood vessels, in poorblood clotting, haemorrhage, bleeding into the skin, foetal loss andneurological conditions. The Purdue studies also found that vaccinated dogsweredeveloping autoantibodies to their own collagen. About one quarter of all theprotein in the

body is collagen. Collagen provides structure to our bodies,protecting and supporting the softer tissues and connecting them with theskeleton. It is no wonder that Canine Health Concern's 1997 study of 4,000 dogsshowed a high number of dogs developing mobility problems shortly after theywere vaccinated (noted in my 1997 book, What Vets Don't Tell You AboutVaccines).Perhaps most worryingly, the Purdue studies found that the vaccinated dogshad developed autoantibodies to their own DNA. Did the alarm bells sound? Didthe scientific community call a halt to the vaccination program? No. Instead,they stuck their fingers in the air, saying more research is needed toascertain whether vaccines can cause genetic damage. Meanwhile, the study dogswere found good homes, but no long-term follow-up has been conducted. At aroundthe same time, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)Vaccine-Associated Feline Sarcoma Task

Force initiated several studies to findout why160,000 cats each year in the USA develop terminal cancer at their vaccineinjection sites.3 The fact that cats can get vaccine-induced cancer has beenacknowledged by veterinary bodies around the world, and even the BritishGovernment acknowledged it through its Working Group charged with the task oflooking into canine and feline vaccines4 following pressure from CanineHealth Concern. What do you imagine was the advice of the AVMA Task Force,Veterinary bodies and governments? "Carry on vaccinating until we find out whyvaccines are killing cats, and which cats are most likely to die."In America, in an attempt to mitigate the problem, they're vaccinating catsin the tail or leg so they can amputate when cancer appears. Great advice ifit's not your cat amongst the hundreds of thousands on the "oops" list. Butother species are okayâ€â€right? Wrong. In August 2003, the Journal

ofVeterinary Medicine carried an Italian study which showed that dogs also developvaccine-induced cancers at their injection sites.5 We already know thatvaccine-site cancer is a possible sequel to human vaccines, too, since the Salkpolio vaccine was said to carry a monkey retrovirus (from cultivating the vaccineon monkey organs) that produces inheritable cancer. The monkey retrovirusSV40 keeps turning up in human cancer sites. It is also widely acknowledgedthat vaccines can cause a fast-acting, usually fatal, disease called autoimmunehaemolytic anaemia (AIHA). Without treatment, and frequently with treatment,individuals can die in agony within a matter of days. Merck, itself amultinational vaccine manufacturer, states in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis andTherapy that> autoimmune haemolytic anaemia may be caused by modifiedlive-virusvaccines, as do Tizard's Veterinary Immunology (4th edition) and the

Journalof> Veterinary Internal Medicine.6 The British Government's Working Group,despite being staffed by vaccine-industry consultants who say they arendependent, also acknowledged this fact. However, no one warns the pet ownersbeforetheir animals are subjected to an unnecessary booster, and very few ownersare told why after their pets die of AIHA.A Wide Range of Vaccine-induced DiseasesWe also found some worrying correlations between vaccine events and theonset of arthritis in our 1997 survey. Our concerns were compounded by researchin the human field. The New England Journal of Medicine, for example,reported that it is possible to isolate the rubella virus from affected jointsinchildren vaccinated against rubella. It also told of the isolation of virusesfrom the peripheral blood of women with prolonged arthritis followingvaccination.-7 Then, in 2000, CHC's findings were confirmed by research

whichshowedthat polyarthritis and other diseases like amyloidosis, which affects organsin dogs, were linked to the combined vaccine given to dogs.8 There is a hugebody of research, despite the paucity of funding from the vaccine industry,to confirm that vaccines can cause a wide range of brain and central nervoussystem damage. Merck itself states in its Manual that vaccines (i.e., its ownproducts) can cause encephalitis: brain inflammation/-damage. In some cases,encephalitis involves lesions in the brain and throughout the centralnervous system. Merck states that "examples are the encephalitides followingmeasles, chickenpox, rubella, smallpox vaccination, vaccinia, and many otherlesswell defined viral infections".When the dog owners who took part in the CHC survey reported that their dogsdeveloped short attention spans, 73.1% of the dogs did so within threemonths of a vaccine event. The same percentage of dogs

was diagnosed withepilepsywithin three months of a shot (but usually within days). We also found that72.5% of dogs that were considered by their owners to be nervous and of aworrying disposition, first exhibited these traits within the three-monthpost-vaccination period.I would like to add for the sake of Oliver, my friend who suffered fromparalysed rear legs and death shortly after a vaccine shot, that "paresis" islisted in Merck's Manual as a symptom of encephalitis. This is defined asmuscular weakness of a neural (brain) origin which involves partial orincompleteparalysis, resulting from lesions at any level of the descending pathway fromthe brain. Hind limb paralysis is one of the potential consequences.Encephalitis, incidentally, is a disease that can manifest across the scale frommildto severe and can also cause sudden death.Organ failure must also be suspected when it occurs shortly after a

vaccineevent. Dr Larry Glickman, who spearheaded the Purdue research intopost-vaccination biochemical changes in dogs, wrote in a letter to CavalierSpanielbreeder Bet Hargreaves: "Our ongoing studies of dogs show that followingroutinevaccination, there is a significant rise in the level of antibodies dogsproduce against their own tissues. Some of these antibodies have been shown totarget the thyroid gland, connective tissue such as that found in the valvesof the heart, red blood cells, DNA, etc. I do believe that the heartconditions in Cavalier KingCharles Spaniels could be the end result of repeated immunisations byvaccines containing tissue culture contaminants that cause a progressive immuneresponse directed at connective tissue in the heart valves. The clinicalmanifestations would be more pronounced in dogs that have a geneticpredisposition[although] the findings should be generally applicable to all dogs

regardlessof their breed."I must mention here that Dr Glickman believes that vaccines are a necessaryevil, but that safer vaccines need to be developed. Meanwhile, please jointhe queue to place your dog, cat, horse and child on the Russian roulette wheelbecause a scientist says you should.Vaccines Stimulate an Inflammatory ResponseThe word "allergy" is synonymous with "sensitivity" and "inflammation"-. Itshould, by rights, also be synonymous with the word "vaccination"-. This iswhat vaccines do: they sensitise (render allergic) an individual in the processof forcing them to develop antibodies to fight a disease threat. In otherwords, as is acknowledged and accepted, as part of the vaccine process the bodywill respond with inflammation. This may be apparently temporary or it maybe longstanding.Holistic doctors and veterinarians have known this for at least 100 years.They talk about a wide range of

inflammatory or "-itis" diseases which ariseshortly after a vaccine event. Vaccines, in fact, plunge many individuals intoan allergic state. Again, this is a disorder that ranges from mild all theway through to the suddenly fatal. Anaphylactic shock is the culmination: it'swhere an individual has a massive allergic reaction to a vaccine and will diewithin minutes if adrenaline or its equivalent is not administered. Thereare some individuals who are genetically not well placed to withstand thevaccine challenge. These are the people (and animals are "people", too) whohaveinherited faulty B and T cell function. B and T cells are components withinthe immune system which identify foreign invaders and destroy them, and holdthe invader in memory so that they cannot cause future harm. However, whereinflammatory responses are concerned, the immune system overreacts and causesunwanted effects such as allergies and other

inflammatory conditions. Merckwarns in its Manual that patients with, or from families with, B and/or T cellimmunodeficiencies should not receive live-virus vaccines due to the risk ofsevere or fatal infection. Elsewhere, it lists features of B and T cellimmunodeficiencies as food allergies, inhalant allergies, eczema, dermatitis,neurological deterioration and heart disease. To translate, people with theseconditions can die if they receive live-virus vaccines. Their immune systemsaresimply not competent enough to guarantee a healthy reaction to the viralassault from modified live-virus vaccines.Modified live-virus (MLV) vaccines replicate in the patient until an immuneresponse is provoked. If a defence isn't stimulated, then the vaccinecontinues to replicate until it gives the patient the very disease it wasintendingto prevent. Alternatively, a deranged immune response will lead toinflammatory conditions such

as arthritis, pancreatitis, colitis, encephalitisand anynumber of autoimmune diseases such as cancer and leukaemia, where the bodyattacks its own cells.A new theory, stumbled upon by Open University student Gary Smith, explainswhat holistic practitioners have been saying for a very long time. Here iswhat a few of the holistic vets have said in relation to their patients:Dr Jean Dodds: "Many veterinarians trace the present problems with allergicand immunologic diseases to the introduction of MLV vaccines..."-9Christina Chambreau, DVM: "Routine vaccinations are probably the worst thingthat we do for our animals. They cause all types of illnesses, but notdirectly to where we would relate them definitely to be caused by thevaccine."10Martin Goldstein, DVM: "I think that vaccines...are leading killers of dogsand cats in America today."" Dr Charles E. Loops, DVM: "Homoeopathicveterinarians and other holistic

practitioners have maintained for some timethatvaccinations do more harm than they provide benefits."12Mike Kohn, DVM: "In response to this [vaccine] violation, there have beenincreased autoimmune diseases (allergies being one component), epilepsy,neoplasia [tumours], as well as behavioural problems in small animals."13A Theory on InflammationGary Smith explains what observant healthcare practitioners have been sayingfor a very long time, but perhaps they've not understood why theirobservations led them to say it. His theory, incidentally, is causing a hugestirwithin the inner scientific sanctum. Some believe that his theory could lead toacure for many diseases including cancer. For me, it explains why the vaccineprocess is inherently questionable.Gary was learning about inflammation as part of his studies when he struckupon a theory so extraordinary that it could have implications for

thetreatment of almost every inflammatory diseaseâ€â€including Alzheimer's,Parkinson's,rheumatoid arthritis and even HIV and AIDS. Gary's theory questions thereceived wisdom that when a person gets ill, the inflammation that occursaroundthe infected area helps it to heal. He claims that, in reality, inflammationprevents thebody from recognising a foreign substance and therefore serves as a hidingplace for invaders. The inflammation occurs when at-risk cells producereceptors called All (known as angiotensin II type I receptors). He says thatwhileAt1 has a balancing receptor, At2, which is supposed to switch off theinflammation, in most diseases this does not happen."Cancer has been described as the wound that never heals," he says. "Allsuccessful cancers are surrounded by inflammation. Commonly this is thought tobe the body's reaction to try to fight the cancer, but this is not the case."The

inflammation is not the body trying to fight the infection. It isactually the virus or bacteria deliberately causing inflammation in order tohidefrom the immune system [author's emphasis]."14 If Gary is right, then theinflammatory process so> commonly stimulated by vaccines is not, as hitherto assumed, a necessarilyacceptable sign. Instead, it could be a sign that the viral or bacterialcomponent, or the adjuvant (which, containing foreign protein, is seen as aninvader by the immune system), in the vaccine is winning by stealth. If Garyiscorrect in believing that the inflammatory response is not protective but asign that invasion is taking place under cover of darkness, vaccines arecertainly not the friends we thought they were. They are undercover assassinsworking on behalf of the enemy, and vets and medical doctors are unwittinglyacting as collaborators. Worse, we animal guardians and parents are

actuallypaying doctors and vets to unwittingly betray our loved ones. Potentially,vaccines are the stealth bomb of the medical world. They are used to catapultinvaders inside the castle walls where they can wreak havoc, with none of usanythe wiser. So rather than experiencing frank viral diseases such as the 'flu,measles, mumps and rubella (and, in the case of dogs, parvovirus anddistemper), we are allowing the viruses to win anywayâ€â€but with cancer,leukaemiaand other inflammatory or autoimmune (self-attacking) diseases taking theirplace.The Final InsultAll 27 veterinary schools in North America have changed their protocols forvaccinating dogs and cats along the following lines;15 however, vets inpractice are reluctant to listen to these changed protocols and officialveterinary bodies in the UK and other countries are ignoring the followingfacts.Dogs' and cats' immune systems mature fully at

six months. If £ modifiedlive-virus vaccine is giver after six months of age, it produces immunity, whichisgood for the life of the pet. If another MLV vaccine is given a year later,the antibodies from the first vaccine neutralise the antigens of the secondvaccine and there is little or no effect. The litre is no "boosted", nor aremore memory cells induced. Not only are annual boosters unnecessary, but theysubject the pet to potential risks such as allergic reactions andimmune-mediated haemolytic anaemia.In plain language, veterinary schools in America, plus the AmericanVeterinary Medical Association, have looked at studies to show how long vaccineslastand they have concluded and announced that annual vaccination isunnecessary.-16-19 Further, they have acknowledged that vaccines are notwithout harm.Dr Ron Schultz, head of pathobiology at Wisconsin University and a leadinglight in this field, has

been saying this politely to his veterinary colleaguessince the 1980s. I've been saying it for the past 12 years. But change is solong in coming and, in the meantime, hundreds of thousands of animals aredying every year unnecessarily The good news is that thousands ofanimallovers (but not enough) have heard what we've been saying. Canine HealthConcern members around the world use real food as Nature's supreme diseasepreventative, eschewing processed pet food, and minimise the vaccine risk. Someofus, myself included, have chosen not to vaccinate our pets at all. Our rewardis healthy and long-lived dogs. It has taken but one paragraph to tell you thegood and simple news. The gratitude I feel each day, when I embrace myhealthy dogs, stretches from the centre of the Earth to the Universe and beyondAbout the Author:Catherine O'Driscoll runs Canine Health Concern which campaigns and alsodelivers an

educational program, the Foundation in Canine Healthcare. She isauthor of Shock to the System (2005; see review this issue), the best-sellingbook What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines (1997, 1998), and Who Killed theDarling Buds of May? (1997; reviewed in NEXUS 4/04). She lives in Scotlandwith her partner, Rob Ellis, and three Golden Retrievers, named Edward, Danieland Gwinnie, and she lectures on canine health around the world.For more information, contact Catherine O'Driscoll at Canine Health Concern,PO Box 7533, Perth PH2 1AD, Scotland, UK, email HYPERLINK"catherine%40carsegray.co.uk"catherine (AT) carsegray- (DOT) co.uk ,website HYPERLINK"http://www.canine-health-concern.org.uk."http://www.canine--health-concern.-org\.uk. Shock to the System is available in

the UK fromCHC, and worldwide from Dogwise at HYPERLINK"http://www.dogwise.com."http://www.dogwise.-com.Endnotes1. "Effects of Vaccination on the Endocrine and Immune Systems of Dogs,Phase II", Purdue University, November 1,1999, atHYPERLINK"http://www.homestead.com/vonhapsburg/haywardstudyonvaccines.html."http://www.ho\mestea-d.com/vonhapsbur-g/haywardstudyon-vaccines.-html.2. See www.vet.purdue.-edu/epi/gdhstudy-.htm.3. See HYPERLINK"http://www.avma.org/vafstf/default.asp."http://www.avma.-org/vafstf/-default.as\p.4. Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) Working Group on Feline and CanineVaccination, DEFRA, May 2001.5. JVM Series A 50(6):286-291, August 2003.6. Duval, D. and Giger,U. (1996). "Vaccine-Associated Immune-MediatedHemolytic Anemia in the Dog", Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine10:290-295.7. New England Journal of Medicine, vol.313,1985. See also Clin ExpRheumatol 20(6):767-71, Nov-Dec 2002.8. Am Coll Vet Intern Med 14:381,2000.9. Dodds, Jean W.,DVM, "Immune System and Disease Resistance", at HYPERLINK"http://www.critterchat.net/immune.htm."http://www.critterc-hat.net/immune.-htm.10. Wolf Clan magazine,

April/May 1995.11. Goldstein, Martin, The Nature of Animal Healing, Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf,Inc., 1999.12. Wolf Clan magazine, op. cit.13. ibid.14. Journal of Inflammation 1:3,2004, at HYPERLINK"http://www.journal-inflammation.com"http://www.journal--inflammation.-com content/1/1/-3.15. Klingborg, D.J., Hustead, D.R. and Curry-Galvin, E. et al., "AVMACouncil on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents' report on cat and dog vaccines",Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 221(10):1401--1407,November15,2002, HYPERLINK"http://www.avma.org/policies/vaccination.htm."http://www.avma.-org/policies/-va\ccination.-htm.16. ibid.17. Schultz, R.D., "Current and future canine and feline vaccinationprograms", Vet Med 93:233-254,1998.18. Schultz, R.D., Ford, R.B., Olsen, J. and Scott, P., "Titer testing andvaccination: a new look at traditional practices", Vet Med 97:1-13, 2002(insert).19. Twark, L. and Dodds, W.J., "Clinical application of serum parvovirus anddistemper virus antibody liters for determining revaccination strategies inhealthy dogs", J Am Vet Med Assoc 217:1021-1024,-2000.* * * * * * * *End Article* * * * * * * * "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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