Quote:
Originally Posted by Mardelin  Rabies vaccine is creating contreversy in the vet field.
I don't recommend that anyone not have their pets forgo this vaccine. I recommend to my families that they forgo the vaccine until approximately 7 months of age and again a year later. I don't think that anyone should ignore that fact that rabies can be contracted from squirrels, rats, mice, etc.
Yes, some communities recommend that the vaccine be given every year. That is dependent on the number of rabies cases that are being encountered in some communities. In California it is being "recommended" to be given annually because they've discovered numberous bats with the disease. However, vets are challenging the over vaccination of rabies.
There is also an orginization that one might look into the "The Rabies Challange" group. It comprised of vets that have been studying the pros and cons of the vaccine. Make an educated decision on how much is too much. Each dog is different. My question is; Why is the same quantity administered to a 5 pound toy dog as 100 pound dog. |
Wait I'm here in CA too and my dogs only get their rabies every three years...am I on a different vaccine for it or something? I'm actually in a rabies hot zone (Humboldt in NorCal) in fact a little girl at my son's school two blocks away was bitten by a rabies fox two years ago and another school child was bitten by another fox at a school about a mile away...so why would some places give a yearly vaccine and here in a hot zone we have three year boosters...hmmmm I am getting so much veterinary contradiction from YT members so glad I have a consult with a new vet if this is another issue in the vet advice I've been getting!