Vaccines – Canine
1. Rabies Vaccination: Rabies is a deadly virus that can also affect humans. It is most commonly found in the raccoon, skunk, bat and foxes. All wildlife we have here. Please keep your pets and by doing so, yourself and your community protected.
2. Distemper/Parvo combination: VANGUARD Plus 5 is for vaccination of healthy dogs 6 weeks of age or older as an aid in preventing canine distemper caused by canine distemper (CD) virus, infectious canine hepatitis (ICH) caused by canine adenovirus type 1 (CAV-1), respiratory disease caused by canine adenovirus type 2 (CAV-2), canine parainfluenza caused by canine parainfluenza (CPiV) virus, and canine parvoviral enteritis caused by canine parvovirus (CPV) and CPV-2c. Parvovirus is a highly contagious virus that is spread through fecal contamination and causes severe, life threatening, vomit and diarrhea. Increased community awareness and proper vaccination has fortunately made Parvovirus less common, but we still see way to many cases.
Canine Distemper is another highly contagious virus that attacks the respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems of puppies and dogs. Fortunately this is far less common now with increased community awareness for the importance of routine vaccines.
3. Leptospirosis: VANGUARD L4 This vaccine prevents leptospirosis infection caused by Leptospira canicola, L. grippotyphosa, L. icterohaemorrhagiae and L. pomona. Canine leptospirosis is a bacterium that is spread through the urine of affected wildlife/animals. More cases of leptospirosis have been reported in the United States recently, including suburban areas where dogs are coming into contact with wildlife making vaccination even more important.
4.Canine Bordetella ” Kennel Cough” and Canine Influenza. Highly contagious upper respiratory infections spread to dogs through close contact and nasal secretions. Vanguard CIV H3N2/H3N8 bivalent flu vaccine and Vanguard B Intranasal for Bordetella bronchiseptica.
Vaccines – Feline
I believe in decreasing potential for vaccine reactions and as such this includes the formation of feline sarcoma in cats. An adjuvant is a substance that is added to a vaccine to help improve the immune response to the vaccine. Adjuvants have been associated with injection site reaction, injection site granuloma, and chronic inflammation in cats. For this reason, I choose to use purevax vaccines which induce an effective immune response WITHOUT the use of adjuvants.
1. Feline Rabies – PUREVAX Rabies. It is important to protect cats against rabies just like dogs. Maybe even more with their propensity to hunt bats and other wildlife.
2. Feline FVRCP – PUREVAX FELINE 3 [Feline Rhinotracheitis-Calici-Panleukopenia Vaccine (MLV)] is for the prevention of feline rhinotracheitis, calicivirus, and feline panleukopenia virus.
3. Feline leukemia – PUREVAX Recombinant FeLV. Feline leukemia is specific to cats and is transmitted by repeated contact with an infected cat. It is transmitted through saliva or nasal secretions. Cats can be infected and not show clinical signs until the virus causes diseases which can be lethal. This vaccine is recommended for all cats that go outdoors and have contact with other felines.