| The practice of pet vaccinating took hold in the | | | | it was assumed it was because the vaccine didn't |
| 1950's. | | | | "take"). Based on this, in 1959 it was |
| Introducing any kind of drug onto the market for | | | | recommended to do yearly shots. |
| humans involves quite an extensive amount of | | | | Now to be fair, at the time, there was no known |
| regulations including varying levels of testing. | | | | risk... but then there wasn't really any testing... you |
| Pets?... well they're generally tested UPON rather | | | | don't find what you're not looking for. This |
| than tested for. | | | | practice went on unquestioned for decades. |
| There are industry advisory groups that "suggest" | | | | In 1992 Dr. Ron Schultz, a veterinary immunologist |
| certain practices and protocols but there's very | | | | and professor at University of Wisconsin published |
| little in the way of regulation. That's been made | | | | an article with co-author Dr. Phillips in Current |
| more obvious with commercial pet food over the | | | | Veterinary Therapy. They called into question the |
| past few years. But the practice of vaccinating | | | | practice of yearly vaccination arguing that (a) |
| remains fairly cloaked in mystery and secrecy. | | | | vaccines produce antibodies; (b) the antibodies |
| As is true with what you feed your special | | | | interfere with subsequent vaccines. |
| companion, the vaccination choices you make can | | | | Additionally, there have been studies by Dr. |
| dramatically effect their health and behavior. | | | | Schultz and numerous other Vets that show not |
| Did you ever wonder why you - the human - get | | | | only are yearly re-vaccinations unnecessary, but in |
| vaccinated once for most things whereas pets | | | | fact they're responsible for a dramatic increase in |
| get yearly "boosters"? | | | | diseases our pets suffer today including: Allergies, |
| You'd think there was a rational, scientific reason. | | | | Arthritis, Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia, |
| Nope. | | | | Cancer, Epilepsy, Inflammatory Bowel disease, |
| Why Yearly Vaccination? | | | | Thyroid disease as well as a number of behavioral |
| Vaccinations started with puppies... for distemper | | | | issues. |
| and adenovirus. Early vaccinations showed about | | | | Through the efforts of Dr. Schultz and other Vets |
| one third of puppies didn't have measurable | | | | worldwide yearly re-vaccination is no longer |
| antibodies in their blood for distemper a year later. | | | | considered necessary and does in fact subject |
| (There are reasons why this can be the case, but | | | | pets to unneccessary risk. |