[ SHOWGSD-L ] more about rabies and vaccinations......
- From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:18:52 -0500
Veterinarians derive major income from booster shot visits. Despite the
reluctantly agreed upon 2005 Am. Vet. Assoc. policy, many vets still insist
on "sticking it" to dogs and their owners. Take your dog in for yearly
checkups but we suggest you avoid inundating your dog's immune system with
vaccines and other unnecessary preventative treatments. Explore much more
in Vaccines learn why vaccine-induced disease or death is a preventable
tragedy. Links to new vaccine protocol at bottom of page.
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U.S. Declared Free of Canine Rabies Virus - But.
CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding stated "The elimination of canine rabies
in the United States represents one of the major public health success
stories in the last 50 years."
While dogs may still become infected from raccoons, skunks or bats, they
will not catch dog-specific rabies from another dog, the Atlanta-based U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
"We don't want to misconstrue that rabies has been eliminated -- dog rabies
virus has been," CDC rabies expert Dr. Charles Rupprecht told Reuters in a
telephone interview. "Rabies evolves to match the animals it infects, and
the strain most specific to dogs has not been seen anywhere in the United
States since 2004", Rupprecht said.
You caught the "but" part. Your dog can still become fatally infected from
contact with animals other than dogs. To further clarify, Kris Christine,
Founder and Co-Trustee of the Rabies Challenge Fund told National Pet Press
"relative to the canine rabies virus -- there are many different strains of
the rabies virus, but the canine one, which is transmitted from dog to dog,
poses the greatest threat to humans, according to the CDC. So, while there
is a reduced risk of rabies for dogs and their humans; dogs can still
contract rabies from bats and skunks and transmit it to their owners.
Progress has been made, but the risk has not been eliminated."
But wait, don't rush your dog or cat to the vet for re-vaccination. Due to
pressure from TheDogPlace.com, vets, and dog-journalists, formerly
suppressed information is now in the public domain. The AVMA (American
Veterinary Medical Assoc.) has recently classified as "core vaccines" those
deemed most virulent and deadly, and non-core for the ever-expanding list of
shots pushed by McVet practices.
Breaking the sound barrier on animal immunizations has also re-opened the
debate about childhood booster shots. That remains a complicated subject,
especially the new vaccine for teenage girls which is now mandated by some
school districts - and has been overturned in some states due to parental
protest.
But the cat is out of the bag on the benefit vs risk associated with yearly
rabies booster shots for pets. For this break-through, we credit the
determination of one person, Kris L. Christine. She was for years the most
vocal objector to required rabies revaccination. She has been joined by
many of the nation's most respected research veterinarians who have formed
the Rabies Challenge Fund. http://www.RabiesChallengeFund.org
Regarding the Fund, Founder Kris Christine told National Pet Press "The
Rabies Challenge Fund will finance 5 and 7 year challenge studies at the
University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine to determine the
long-term duration of immunity of the canine rabies vaccine. In light of
the reduced risk to human from the canine rabies virus, it is especially
important that dogs are not required by law to be overvaccinated."
For a complete collection of articles on vaccine and booster shots for your
pet, go to:
http://www.thedogplace.org/Articles/DogCare/Vaccines/00V.Index.htm
Reuters - read entire press release:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0741162020070907
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