http://www.whale.to/vaccine/driscoll1.html  :)

Thanks for posting this excellent article, Christine.

The bit I found particularly interesting is that parvo, distemper etc have now been replaced by leukaemia, cancer and other inflamatory or autoimmune diseases due to over vaccinating.

Regards

Jay.

She makes a big thing of the Purdue/Glickman studies. From Glickman LT, Adv Vet Med. 1999;41:701-13, Weighing the risks and benefits of vaccination :-

"The controversy regarding vaccine risks is intensifying to the point that some animal owners have stopped vaccinating their animals. They offer as justification the belief that current vaccines are "just too dangerous." Some owners report that since they completely stopped vaccinating their animals, they have been healthy. What they fail to realize is that a high percentage of animal owners are responsible and do vaccinate their animals, thus providing "herd immunity" protection to the unvaccinated animals whom they contact. The solution to the vaccine controversy is not to abandon vaccination as an effective means of disease prevention and control, but rather to encourage vaccine research to answer important questions regarding safety and to identify the biological basis for adverse reactions."

"The solution to the vaccine controversy is not to abandon vaccination as an effective means of disease prevention and control, but rather to encourage vaccine research to answer important questions regarding safety and to identify the biological basis for adverse reactions"

Hi jas,  Yes the above may be true but it is very unlikely to happen unless significant numbers of people choose not to routinely booster their dogs.  I believe it was this pressure that recently caused the drug companies to change their booster policy from annual to three yearly for most illnesses.

Thanks for the link Christine.

Your welcome Annie & Tyby :)

*She makes a big thing of the Purdue/Glickman studies..........*

And that in no way detracts from the rest of the undisputable facts.

Good link Christine :)  Nice to see you're still around.  Hope all's well.

Teri ;)

Still around Teri ;) :)
Glad you like the link :)
Alls well thanks hope its well with you n yours too :)

got me smilies mixed up with the winks :D

More from *From Glickman LT, Adv Vet Med. 1999;41:701-13, Weighing the risks and benefits of vaccination :-..........*

*...1. Every licensed animal vaccine is probably effective, but also produces some adverse effects. 2. Prelicensing studies of vaccines are not specifically designed to detect adverse vaccine reactions. 3. An improved system of national postmarketing surveillance is required to identify most adverse vaccine reactions that occur at low and moderate frequency. 4. Even a good postmarketing surveillance system is unlikely, however, to detect delayed adverse vaccine reactions, and the longer the delay the less likely they will be associated with vaccination. ..........*

Interestingly we did not have our booster injections last year due to the adverse publicity over vacinations.  There was no pressure put on us by our vet to give the boosters but when we went to the surgery, for breeding advice and requested information on vacinations, the locum vet (visiting from Australia) said he had seen an increase in canine distemper because of the low uptake in vaccination.

Is it not possilbe that because of these incoculations pets who's imune system woudl otherwise have made them vunerable to distemper etc are living longer and developing deseases such as Lukemia which they would have developed anyway or have died from viral infections. 

I don't give my dogs boosters, and haven't done for years. They are fit and healthy. I have recently heard of a dog that was rushed to the vets after being given a booster, and was kept in for over a week while they saved its life. I believe this was a direct result of the booster. I won't be giving my dogs any more. Excellent article.

Interesting that LindyLou, yes the publicity I have seen mentioned the booster rather that the initial immunization and I think we will continue to give the initial vaccination as a mater of course.  Quite a lot of the recent info says that the booster negates the effect of the original immunization, whereas in people it is just the opposite.

Having lost an animal myself to Vaccine damage, I would like to point out that vaccines could be given homoeopathically. Vaccines can cause severe illness in your animal and I have some information courtesy of the Canine Health Concern who is working to help vaccine-damaged animals, some of the major problems, and also some ways of handling vaccination-using Homeopathy. I will forward on any info required, just pm me.xx

Hi colette,
I would be interested in reading that information,
I would also be interested in peoples views on vac's as my GSD is due his early next month and after reading bits of info on here i am now wary of going ahead.
He is three years old and up to now has had regular boosters as vets reccomend.
cheers
donna