The Autistic Dog

[Guest guest]

I have just reluctantly taken my two labs for their boosters. I was tempted not

to for my 11 yr old but am forced to for the younger because we cannot go to

agility classes without the yearly booster. The older one did have a strange

reaction one year which I am sure was related.

You can get a blood test done to test immunity I believe but this would no doubt

prove very expensive!

Adrienne.

 

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virgil <virgil

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Wednesday, 10 March, 2010, 16:53

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.dailymai l.co.uk/news/ article-1255863/ Vaccines- making-dogs-

sick-vets- cash-in.html# ixzz0hnEGRasv

 

Vaccines 'are making our dogs sick as vets cash in'

By Alison Smith Squire

Last updated at 1:20 AM on 06th March 2010

 

Vaccines given to dogs are making them ill, a pet charity claimed yesterday.

 

Profit-hungry drug companies and vets are 'frightening' dog owners into

inoculating their pets more often than necessary, according to Canine Health

Concern.

 

Some puppies have developed conditions including autism and epilepsy after a

raft of injections, it warns.

 

Catherine O'Driscoll, from the charity, said: 'We are not anti-vaccination. What

we are saying is that currently our pets are receiving far too many.

 

'The latest scientific research shows that after the first course of injections

as a puppy most dogs are immune against these diseases for at least seven years,

if not for life.

 

'Every year pet vaccination companies hold National Vaccination Month, a

national campaign when pet owners whose boosters have lapsed by 18 months or

more are terrified into having their pet jabbed.

 

'While the vast majority of vets might simply not be aware of the latest

scientific research, we are concerned that for a few undoubtedly doing multiple

jabs is a way of making more money from worried pet owners.'

 

Puppies are vaccinated against distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, leptospirosis

and parainfluenza up to three times by the age of four months.

 

They may also be immunised against coronavirus, rabies, Lyme disease and

bordetella or kennel cough. Booster shots are given every year or every three or

four years.

 

But some have suffered dramatic changes in behaviour or been diagnosed with

cancer within months of the injections, Canine Health Concern says.

 

In a letter backed by 17 vets and other pet experts, the charity has called on

the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, which monitors animal vaccines, to issue

new advice on their use.

 

Mrs O'Driscoll, who believes cats and rabbits could also be at risk, added that

a simple blood test would determine whether an animal needed a booster shot.

 

Richard Allport, a Hertfordshire vet who has signed the letter to the VMD, said

he was 'constantly' seeing animals that had developed 'worrying symptoms' after

vaccination.

 

But other animal charities said vaccination was vital. The Dogs Trust said all

jabs were thoroughly tested for safety and warned that blood tests were not

completely reliable. Its veterinary director, Chris Laurence, said a study

looking for a connection between jabs and sudden ill-health failed to find a

link.

 

Professor Steve Dean, chief executive of the VMD, said: 'Many veterinary

surgeons can remember the devastating effects these once common-diseases had on

our pets, their owners and families, and the huge benefit vaccines have had on

improving the health and welfare of the canine population should be recognised.'

 

A spokesman added that the 80million-plus doses of vaccine since 1985 had

generated fewer than 7,000 reports of side effects.

 

 

[Guest guest]

And this morning I have just found  a large hard lump at the inj site (back of

neck) of one of my dogs.

Does anyone know if this will disperse?

My vet told me that cats are prone to getting cancer tumoiur at their injections

site.

Adrienne.

 

--- On Wed, 10/3/10, virgil <virgil wrote:

 

 

virgil <virgil

<< >> The Autistic Dog

 

Wednesday, 10 March, 2010, 16:53

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.dailymai l.co.uk/news/ article-1255863/ Vaccines- making-dogs-

sick-vets- cash-in.html# ixzz0hnEGRasv

 

Vaccines 'are making our dogs sick as vets cash in'

By Alison Smith Squire

Last updated at 1:20 AM on 06th March 2010

 

Vaccines given to dogs are making them ill, a pet charity claimed yesterday.

 

Profit-hungry drug companies and vets are 'frightening' dog owners into

inoculating their pets more often than necessary, according to Canine Health

Concern.

 

Some puppies have developed conditions including autism and epilepsy after a

raft of injections, it warns.

 

Catherine O'Driscoll, from the charity, said: 'We are not anti-vaccination. What

we are saying is that currently our pets are receiving far too many.

 

'The latest scientific research shows that after the first course of injections

as a puppy most dogs are immune against these diseases for at least seven years,

if not for life.

 

'Every year pet vaccination companies hold National Vaccination Month, a

national campaign when pet owners whose boosters have lapsed by 18 months or

more are terrified into having their pet jabbed.

 

'While the vast majority of vets might simply not be aware of the latest

scientific research, we are concerned that for a few undoubtedly doing multiple

jabs is a way of making more money from worried pet owners.'

 

Puppies are vaccinated against distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, leptospirosis

and parainfluenza up to three times by the age of four months.

 

They may also be immunised against coronavirus, rabies, Lyme disease and

bordetella or kennel cough. Booster shots are given every year or every three or

four years.

 

But some have suffered dramatic changes in behaviour or been diagnosed with

cancer within months of the injections, Canine Health Concern says.

 

In a letter backed by 17 vets and other pet experts, the charity has called on

the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, which monitors animal vaccines, to issue

new advice on their use.

 

Mrs O'Driscoll, who believes cats and rabbits could also be at risk, added that

a simple blood test would determine whether an animal needed a booster shot.

 

Richard Allport, a Hertfordshire vet who has signed the letter to the VMD, said

he was 'constantly' seeing animals that had developed 'worrying symptoms' after

vaccination.

 

But other animal charities said vaccination was vital. The Dogs Trust said all

jabs were thoroughly tested for safety and warned that blood tests were not

completely reliable. Its veterinary director, Chris Laurence, said a study

looking for a connection between jabs and sudden ill-health failed to find a

link.

 

Professor Steve Dean, chief executive of the VMD, said: 'Many veterinary

surgeons can remember the devastating effects these once common-diseases had on

our pets, their owners and families, and the huge benefit vaccines have had on

improving the health and welfare of the canine population should be recognised.'

 

A spokesman added that the 80million-plus doses of vaccine since 1985 had

generated fewer than 7,000 reports of side effects.