So say Intervet :D
It`s been out since end of April but I`ve been bit busy so only just found it

http://www.intervet.co.uk/company/company_news/company_news.asp

Interesting to know what boarding kennels will say when confronted with manu`s saying immunity lasts for 3yrs :)

Christine, Spain.

This should be made more widely known
I think we need to crosspost to make others aware :)

Yes please Lel, far & wide :D Especially to vets who still insist on boosters yearly!

Christine, Spain.

Have crossposted to a few others Christine :)

Great Lel :D

Christine, Spain.

Hello Christine
I have never done the yearly booster because I always thought that once you had built up the immunity in the body then it was there for life. What I did do was have my dogs immunised if they ever have occasion to visit the vet. Whether it is one year or five. My APBT had about 3 sets of jags in 10 years and my old staff cross had 2 in 14 years. It never done them any harm. I always get pups the full set to start them off in life though.
Mick

There was a small piece in one of the dog papers about an elderly staffy who became ill as a result of boosters :(

a full booster is not needed anually but if you read the info properly you will find that you need to anually boost a dog against leptospirosis which will involve still visiting the vets once a year so your vaccine card will still be stamped for entry to kennels - also interestingly intervet also in the next few months are licensing thier kennel cough vaccine to last 1 year so that will be done at the same time as tha lepto jab.

Iv`e read it very properly thanks :D

*Intervet can now offer an extended duration of immunity on its canine vaccines giving proven protection against killer diseases like parvovirus, hepatitis and distemper for three years.*
A drop from 4 down to only 1 is a hell of a big drop ;) Clear as a pimple on the end of your nose :D

Seeings tho there are a lot of strains for lepto & the vax covers what, 2/3 strains?????? AND that vax is also being questioned by some vets now, as the letter I put up on another thread regarding vaxs :)

Christine, Spain.

I had a long chat with my vet about this yesterday when I took Maverick and Toxic for their booster and puppy innoculation respectively.  He mentioned that in some dogs the vaccination will last 3 years but in other dogs the same will only last 1 year and all the distances in between.  Lepto will barely last 12 months in any dogs so definitly needs to be done annually to keep up the protection and neither the kennel cough or Parvo generally last three years and this ties in with my own reseach.

As a result I have decided to carry on vaccinating. 

Has anyone seen this

AHT Press Release ?

Hi Christine, for a manufacturer like intervet to publicly state *Intervet can now offer an extended duration of immunity on its canine vaccines giving proven protection against killer diseases like parvovirus, hepatitis and distemper for three years.* they have to be sure what their saying is true. What or why is it you don`t believe what they say?

Christine, Spain.

ps yes I`ve seen the aht report, all I can say is it was funded by vaccine manufacturers, not what I`d call unbiased.
pps lepto lasts 9/10mths max so on those reasonings shouldn`t it be done twice yearly?

Actually a good point was made on another board about Vaccs - In Dogs World there was a piece recently about the increase in doggy diseases which they say is coming about as a result of the Pet passport scheme-
its all very confusing as to know what to do for the best :(

Have you read all the documents on the Interpet site? -
% of dogs that are at least 4 years behind with their innoculations and that more dogs need to be innoculated for the three year regime to be effective ?

Have you read Schultz//Dodds/Carmichael/McCluddage etc? Once a dog is immune you cannot give them more immunity it just doesn`t happen.
All I can say if your vet is using the intervet vaccines he`s going against intervets guidlines & what they themselves are saying.

Christine, Spain.

Our vet DOES use Intervet vaccs

And what does he say about annual boosters Lel?

Christine, Spain.

Christine
at booster time Gus was having treatment for his itchiness which included antibiotics etc so we left it for a few months on the advice of the vet as she didnt want his system overloaded :rolleyes:
Will defininately question it though as Libbys just had her first vaccs ( this morning - I could have asked if I had seen your post then ) :)

Let us know when you do ask tho Lel :)

Christine, Spain.

Will crosspost to the other email lists I'm on.

Have cross posted. :)

Important to note though that Leptospirosis is still required annually and is classed as zoonotic

Hi all
My vet does 3 yearly boasters. I actually didnt even know that others done yearly ones.

Debbie

i wouldn't have mine done annually but for the fact that the kennels need it done, and so do the insurance companies.If it wasn't for this i wouldn't have them done yearly!!

Any kennels or ins. company insisting on boosters will be going against the manufacturers specific instructions, so will vets. Thats just for Intervet vaccines tho. Intervet vaccines last for 3yrs so anual boosters aren`t needed for their products.

Christine, Spain.

Thought this might be of interest:

  VACCINATION REACTIONS ARE COMMON!

Vaccination options
Vaccination against Leptospira interrogans is only available for the serovars called canicola, grippotyphosa, pomona and icterohaemorragiae..  As a result of long standing use of this vaccine, it is hard to assess how important it is to vaccinate against leptospirosis. (As you might imagine, most recent outbreaks involve serovars for which vaccination does not exist.)

Vaccination against the four serovars mentioned is commonly included in the basic distemper shot (DHLPP - the "L" stands for "leptospirosis").  The vaccine can be made up to omit the leptospirosis portion. Of all the sera in this basic vaccine, it seems to be the leptospirosis portion that is associated with hives, facial swelling, and even life-threatening vaccination reactions much more than any of the other fractions. If there is any question of an animal having a vaccine reaction, leptospirosis vaccine is left out of the mix.

Vaccination will reduce the severity of disease but will not prevent infected dogs from becoming carriers.

Sorry Frankie but for those of us who's dogs are regulaly in rat infested areas the Lepto vaccination is possibly the most important vaccination. It may not be perfect, in fact we know it's not but it is still the best we have at this time.

Regards, John