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gigam
10-12-2015, 08:43 PM
For a puppy's 9 and 12 week vaccination I have use the 5-way vaccine but my question is about the 9-way vaccine, is it just as good, better, or just over kill and something that the puppy doesn't need?..
I always give pups 8 and 1's .
sinister
10-16-2015, 09:47 AM
your not supposed to give 8 ways (with lepto) until after 15 weeks
gigam
10-17-2015, 10:03 AM
Ok thanks, I'll just stay with the 5-way..
Officially Retired
10-20-2015, 07:44 AM
The truth is, a Lepto shot is NOT considered to be a Core Vaccine, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).
Technically Leptospira a spirochete, a corkscrew shaped bacterium; Lepto is not a virus like parvo or distemper :idea:
This means the injection given to prevent an infection with this organism is not really a vaccine, but rather a bacterin.
Unlike a true viral vaccination, bacterin vaccines like lepto do NOT prevent infection; they can only decrease the severity of symptoms.
Further, bacterin vaccines can be shed in the environment, potentially infecting your other dogs, wildlife, and you.
Worse, not only does the shot fail to actually prevent the disease, but because symptoms are merely lessened, you may not notice that your dog is ill. You might think it just has some minor disorder, which you assume will pass, which means the infection will slowly brew, possibly causing permanent bodily harm. (Without early detection, Leptospirosis is very difficult to treat.)
One more factoid: the lepto 'vaccine' doesn’t even last a year. A dog who is given this shot receives less than one year of (inadequate) protection and is thereby placed at great risk for vaccine-related illness.
Jack
Officially Retired
10-20-2015, 12:38 PM
BTW: I stopped giving Lepto shots a long time ago :mrgreen:
cdj396
10-20-2015, 12:50 PM
THIS IS WHAT I GIVE Duramune Max 5-CvK/4L The Puppyshot Booster they have work real well for me thanks tj
gigam
10-20-2015, 08:05 PM
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Thanks
Officially Retired
10-20-2015, 09:26 PM
Wow, great information!..
This is what makes this site Elite, Information!!....
Thanks
Hope it's helpful.
There is a lot of stuff we've all just "assumed" was the right thing to do (trying our best), only to learn it was a mistake later on.
Feeding kibble heads the list ... and giving multi-shots too soon (or shots we don't need to/shouldn't give) is right behind that :shocked:
Jack