The article excerpt was copied from http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/vet-distemper-dog/

I'll like vets, breeders, and dog lovers to read and give their knowledge and/or opinion on the excerpts.

Thanks
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Dr Schultz summarizes his 40 years of research with the following:

“Only one dose of the modified-live canine ‘core’ vaccine (against CDV, CAV-2 and CPV-2) or modified-live feline ‘core’ vaccine (against FPV, FCV and FHV), when administered at 16 weeks or older, will provide long lasting (many years to a lifetime) immunity in a very high percentage of animals.”

But the problem is, many vets are ignoring this research … and your vet is vaccinating your dog every year – or even every three years – he’s vaccinating too much! Your dog is already protected and the vaccine will give him all of the risk with no benefit.

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The reasons vets over vaccinate are varied: some are just unaware that they are vaccinating too often.

Other vets don’t believe that vaccines have the ability to harm your dog.

Others just stick to outdated schedules out of comfort or habit.

It really doesn’t matter why dogs are over vaccinated – what really matters is that this practice is stopped.

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So let’s look at the core vaccines and what research has to say about how often they should be given. But before we do, you should first understand that the core dog vaccines (parvovirus, distemper and adenovirus) are not required by law. Only rabies is legally required in the all states in the US and some (not all) Canadian provinces.

So apart from rabies, nobody can force you to vaccinate your dog with any other vaccine you don’t want to give. Period.

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In a study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, renowned veterinary infectious disease expert Dr Ronald Schultz vaccinated puppies with just one dose of distemper vaccine just four hours prior to placing the puppies in a room with distemper infected dogs.

All of the puppies (which were vaccinated at 12 weeks), were protected against distemper in this challenge study.

In fact, the distemper vaccine works so well, that it can even be given up to three days post exposure to healthy puppies and still offer protection.

Hi,

I'll like you to note that this article was written by an American vet.

The laws and rules are different from those obtainable in Nigeria and there is good reason for that.

The terrain, environment, climate and frequency of diseases is different also. Many of the diseases he mentioned above are endemic here and not there anymore.

For instance, Rabies in domestic animals has been all but eradicated in the United States. The only way people get Rabies in the US now is from wild animals e.g bats, raccoons, foxes and skunks. That's the way domestic animals like dogs get them in the US too. From these wild reservoirs I mentioned above.

Rabies has been eradicated in the UK, so they don't even give vaccinations against rabies there!

The case is the opposite in Nigeria. In fact, according to WHO, Africa including Nigeria has one of the highest occurrences of human deaths caused by Rabies worldwide!

So you see, he can argue about the frequency of vaccination being unnecessary but we can't! For us in Nigeria, it is mandatory to keep our pets and ourselves safe.

For this reason, the vet association/council of each country determines the vaccinations required by animals and the frequency of those vaccinations.

I hope this explains a lot. Thank you for asking.

P.S: We must be careful to always seek clarification just as the Op has done when we read medical information online, as some medical practices are not tailored to the Nigerian dynamic.

drgbaks:
Hi,

I'll like you to note that this article was written by an American vet.

The laws and rules are different from those obtainable in Nigeria and there is good reason for that.

The terrain, environment, climate and frequency of diseases is different also. Many of the diseases he mentioned above are endemic here and not there anymore.

For instance, Rabies in domestic animals has been all but eradicated in the United States. The only way people get Rabies in the US now is from wild animals e.g bats, raccoons, foxes and skunks. That's the way domestic animals like dogs get them in the US too. From these wild reservoirs I mentioned above.

Rabies has been eradicated in the UK, so they don't even give vaccinations against rabies there!

The case is the opposite in Nigeria. In fact, according to WHO, Africa including Nigeria has one of the highest occurrences of human deaths caused by Rabies worldwide!

So you see, he can argue about the frequency of vaccination being unnecessary but we can't! For us in Nigeria, it is mandatory to keep our pets and ourselves safe.

For this reason, the vet association/council of each country determines the vaccinations required by animals and the frequency of those vaccinations.

I hope this explains a lot. Thank you for asking.

P.S: We must be careful to always seek clarification just as the Op has done when we read medical information online, as some medical practices are not tailored to the Nigerian dynamic.

Thank you Dr. Gbaks

drgbaks:
Hi,
I hope this explains a lot. Thank you for asking.

P.S: We must be careful to always seek clarification just as the Op has done when we read medical information online, as some medical practices are not tailored to the Nigerian dynamic.

Nice. Thanks for the prompt response.

anukulapo:

Nice. Thanks for the prompt response.

You are welcome.