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- Guidelines will vary depending on your pet and individual circumstances. Vaccine requirements will vary between each patient.
- We recommend annual health checks and a review of vaccine protection. We have “extended duration” vaccines and annual options
- No absolute proof exists as to the longevity of vaccines protection beyond 12 months.
- To maintain “herd immunity” 75% or more of the population needs to be protected. The re-emergence of measles in humans is due to this percentage falling below this level.
- Up to 10% of puppies and kittens will not be capable of making a primary immune response until 16 weeks of age
- There are still regular outbreaks of the killer parvovirus in Brisbane and these have increased since 2011 floods
- Incidence rates for adverse side effects vary but one study has suggested .0185% (a third of these was immune responses i.e. post vaccine fever for 1 to 2 days)
- Kennel cough/infectious canine cough involves several viruses and a bacteria. Controlling outbreaks depends on good herd immunity and regular annual protection to minimise the complexity of the disease if your pet is affected
- We recommend annual vaccination in cats (some studies have shown that 30% of cats do not have immunity to cat flu 12 months after vaccination
- We offer “immunity blood tests” which check your pets immunity and are recommended if pets are not vaccinated due to previous side effects or not vaccinated for extended periods
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