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KITTEN/CAT VACCINATION PROTOCOLS
*** IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO VACCINATE A STRICTLY INDOOR CAT!!!
*** VACCINES CAN CAUSE ADVERSE REACTIONS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS VACCINOSIS AND MIASMS WHICH ARE SAID TO BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO CURE.
Click here to see Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQHQw-5XCw
Click here to see Article: Vaccine Damage by Catherine O'Driscoll
POSSIBLE ADVERSE REACTIONS TO VACCINATION
Vaccines are known by scientists to cause serious adverse reactions many (but not all) of which are listed below:
Immediately or up to 3 days after the shot
Vomiting
Facial swelling
Fever or lethargy
Circulatory shock
Loss of consciousness
DeathDays, weeks, or months after the shot
Fibrosarcomas (cancer) at the injection site
Seizures and Epilepsy
Allergies
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA)
Autoimmune diseases, including organ disease, allergies and skin problems
Chronic digestive problems
Muscle weakness, especially lack of hind end coordination (lamesness)
Chronic digestive disorders
Skin diseases
Disease the vaccine was made to prevent
Myocarditis
Post Vaccinal Encephalitis or polyneuritis
Behavior problems: aggression, destructive behaviors, separation anxiety and odd obsessive behaviors (like tail chasing and paw licking)
Chronic Renal Failure in cats(Source: Vaccinating Dogs: What Your Vet Hasn't Told You, http://www.dogs4dogs.com/shots.html)
Post-vaccinal polyneuropathy is a recognized entity associated occasionally with the use of distemper, parvovirus, rabies and presumably other vaccines. This can result in various clinical signs including muscular atrophy, inhibition or interruption of neuronal control of tissue and organ function, muscular excitation, incoordination and weakness, as well as seizures.
Dr. Ronald D. Schultz, Ph.D. - "Annual revaccination provides no benefit and may increase the risk for adverse reactions. The percentage of vaccinated animals (those vaccinated only as puppies) protected from clinical disease after challenge with canine distemper virus, canine parvovirus and canine adenovirus in the study was greater than 95%." Current and Future Canine and Feline Vaccination Programs. Dr. Ronald Schultz is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison. Schultz, R.D. - Current and Future Canine and Feline Vaccination Programs. Vet Med 3: No. 3, 233-254, 1998
Dr. Charles E Loops DVM - "The first thing that must change with routine vaccinations is the myth that vaccines are not harmful. Veterinarians and animal guardians have to come to realise that they are not protecting animals from disease by annual vaccinations, but in fact, are destroying the health and immune systems of these same animals they love and care for Homeopathic veterinarians and other holistic practitioners have maintained for some time that vaccinations do more harm than they provide benefits. Vaccinations represent a major assault on the body's immune system .... Vaccine induced chronic diseases range from life-threatening conditions such as auto-immune crises to conditions destroying the quality of life of an animal as in chronic skin allergies."
Dr. Michael W. Fox DVM
- "Adverse vaccination reactions resulting in disease (so called vaccinosis) include injection-site fibro- sarcomas in cats, and various immune-system dysfunction diseases, possibly hyperthyroidism, inflammatory bowel disease, various chronic skin conditions and kidney disease. More research has been done in dogs, where certain breeds and lines are particularly prone to develop vaccinosis. Conditions associated with same include encephalitis, seizures, polyneuropathy (weakness, incoordination and muscle atrophy), hypertrophic osteodystrophy (shifting lameness and painful joints), autoimmune thyroiditis and hypothyroidism, liver, kidney and bone marrow failure variously associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immune mediated thrombocytopenia." Dee Blanco, D.V.M - "You take healthy animals and often very quickly after you vaccinate, you can see simple things like itching of the skin or excessive licking of the paws, sometimes even with no eruptions. We see a lot of epilepsy, often after a rabies vaccination. Or dogs or cats can become aggressive for several days. Frequently, you'll see urinary tract infections in cats, often within three months after their [annual] vaccination. If you step back, open your mind and heart, you'll start to see patterns of illness post-vaccination."Dr. Pat Bradley, DVM - "In a general and frightening context, I see the overall health and longevity of animals deteriorating. The bodies of most animals have a tremendous capacity to detoxify poisons, but they do have a limit. I think we often exceed that limit and overwhelm the body's immune system function with toxins from vaccines. The most common problems I see that are directly related to vaccines on a day to day basis are ear or skin conditions, such as chronic discharges and itching. I also see behavior problems such as fearfulness or aggression. Often guardians will report that these begin shortly after vaccination and are exacerbated with every vaccine."
Dr. Dennis Macy DVM - "We should not allow politics and tradition or greed to enter the decision (on frequency of vaccination). Changing vaccination schedules doesn't have to mean less profit, but that you have more income from some clients and less from others. Veterinarians and the industry need to have guts to be honest with ourselves and assess the risk and not be trapped in tradition." -- Dr. Dennis Macy in "Are We Vaccinating Too Much?" AVMA Journal, 1995
Dr. Christina Chambreau, DVM - "Routine vaccinations are probably the worst thing that we do for our animals. They cause all types of illnesses but not directly to where we would relate them definitely to be caused by the vaccine. Repeating vaccinations on a yearly basis undermines the whole energetic well-being of our animals. Animals do not seem to be decimated by one or two vaccines when they are young and veterinary immunologists tell us that viral vaccines need only be given once or twice in an animal's life. First, there is no need for annual vaccinations and, second, they definitely cause chronic disease. As a homoeopath, it is almost impossible to cure an animal without first addressing the problems that vaccines have caused to the animal, no matter what the species."
Dr. Driston Sherman, DVM - " When I was doing primary allopathic medicine, I saw two things. One is that within an hour after the vaccination was given, the animal was having trouble breathing or may have had redness of the skin. The other thing I saw quite often was usually about twelve to twenty-four hours after being vaccinated, animals with fever, loss of appetite, sleeping a lot, sometimes vomitting or diarrhea. Most of those cases usually took care of themselves without any intervention within twenty-four hours. Now that I'm doing holistic medicine, it's really intriguing to look at the medical histories of animals. One case that comes to mind is a cat with a history of these horrible-looking sores that occurred exactly 30 days after being vaccinated - two years in a row. You may want to call that coincidence. I have my suspicions but I can't say , for sure, what caused these conditions, which is very frustrating."
Immune-mediated hematological disease and transient bone marrow failure are increasingly recognized sequelae of...vaccination. ... Postvacinal polyneuropathy is a recognized entity associated with...vaccines. ...Adverse reactions to vaccination have also recently been reported with increasing frequency in cats." (Dr. Dodds, 1990)
Chrissie Mason B.R.C.P., Ph.D. - "I am becoming seriously concerned at the increase in the cases of Auto-immune disease, and the Canine/Feline vaccination programme which I consider to be inextricably linked. Certainly, I do not stand alone in holding these views, as a number of Orthodox Veterinary Practitioners have expressed their concern over the incidence of certain types of illness suddenly appearing after a vaccination has been administered. Often these are severe skin disorders, gastrointestinal disturbances, sickness and colitis symptoms, all of which have been observed and recorded. A further occurrence observed by some Veterinarians is that of a tumour or growth appearing directly on or around the sight of the annual injection, this is particularly noticeable in the feline world, and can take the form of fibrosarcoma. Indeed, the list of symptoms that can be linked with the over exuberant vaccination programme appears endless: warty growths, tumours of both malignant and benign type, seizures, skin problems, bone and joint disorders. In America the Veterinary Immunologists claim that vaccinations should only be given once or twice during an animal's life time. There is no need or evidence to prove that annual vaccination programmes are either essential or effective. On the contrary research suggests that no dog over the age of 7 years of age derives benefit from the annual vaccine programme. Furthermore, those animals submitted to the annual boosters, go on to display exacerbation of joint related ills in later life."
More and more dogs have skin problems and Dr. Messonnier DVM writes convincingly about over-vaccination and poor nutrition being major causes.
Michelle T. Bernard - Raising Cats Naturally - If you choose to vaccinate, vaccinate your kitten once at 14 + weeks of age. If you hold off until that age, maternal antibodies should have worn off and the vaccine should be effective for life. If you are not convinced, revaccinate at one year old and you should have lifetime immunity. There is no need for annual revaccination. Vaccination of a kitten any younger is dangerous and quite possibly useless because of maternal antibody interference. Do not let the veterinarian scare you into it. Keep in mind the risk of your cat contracting the disease compared to the risk of a vaccine reaction. Do not vaccinate your cat if he is sick with anything. Do not vaccinate your cat at the time of any surgery, no matter how minor. I know of instances where animals are vaccinated at the time of spay or neuter. Believe me, this can wreak such havoc on the animal that they may never recover. This happens routinely and often results in serious long-term chronic disease for the animal." (Her book is endorsed by Linda East DVM and Jean Hofve, DVM)
The insert attached to one manufacturers Rabies Vaccine says:
"Tissue-origin vaccines contain extraneous protein in addition to rabies antigen that can lead to auto-immune disease."
KITTEN/CAT VACCINATION PROTOCOLS
Upon reading Vaccine Guide for Dogs & Cats: What Every Pet Lover Should Know by Catherine J.M. Diodati, MA, Vaccine Expert, Legal Consultant, and Biomedical Ethicist and doing further research, we are currently in the process of changing our Vaccination Protocol.
Currently we only vaccinate kittens/cats when it is absolutely necessary (ie: travelling across the boarder).
We would highly recommend becoming informed by purchasing and reading this book before deciding on a vaccine protocol for your kitten/cat. This book can be purchased by clicking on the link above or on Amazon.ca ($12.47).
** Click here to see an excerpt from Catherine Diodati's book: Table 2: Feline Vaccines
More Books on the Subject of Vaccinations:
* Scared Poopless by Jan Rasmusen ... Recommended by The Animal Protection Institute, Animal Wellness Magazine, actress/activist Betty White, and The Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. Click here to purchase book: http://www.dogs4dogs.com/New%20Shopping%20Cart/Check%20out%20page.htm
* Homeopathy Care for Cats and Dogs by Donald Hamilton DVM
* Natural Health for Dogs and Cats by Richard Pitcairn DVM
* What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines by Catherine O'Driscoll
* Shock To The System by Catherine O'Driscoll
* Who Killed the Darling Buds of May? by Catherine O'Driscoll
* Raising Cats Naturally by Michelle T. Bernard
* A Shot in the Dark by Harris Coulter
* What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations by Stephanie Cave
* Vaccinations 100 Years of Orthodox Research by Viera Scheibner
* Stop The Shots!: Are Vaccinations Killing Our Pets? by John CliftonArticles on the Subject of Vaccinations:
* Science Of Vaccine Damage by Catherine O'Driscoll
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IF IT IS NECESSARY TO VACCINATE ...
The Following is the Vaccination Protocol based on the recommendations of the AAFP Feline Vaccine Advisory Panel________________________________________________________________________
8 - 10 WEEKS .... Feline Parvovirus = Feline Panleukopenia = Feline Distemper
Feline Herpesvirus = Feline Rhinotracheitis
Feline Calicivirus12 – 14 WEEKS ... Feline Parvovirus = Feline Panleukopenia = Feline Distemper
Feline Herpesvirus = Feline Rhinotracheitis
Feline Calicivirus
Rabies16 MONTHS ...... Feline Parvovirus = Feline Panleukopenia = Feline Distemper
Feline Herpesvirus = Feline Rhinotracheitis
Feline Calicivirus
Rabies6 MONTHS OF AGE ----------------------------- SPAY/NEUTER
** We do not use, nor recommend vaccinations for FeLV, FIV, FIP, Ringworm, Chlamydiosis, Bordatella, or Giardiasis **
In January 1997, the Advisory Panel on Feline Vaccines of the American Association of Feline Practitioners and the Academy of Feline Medicine (the AAFP/AFM), established practice guidelines for vaccinating cats. Information was incorporated from an extensive literature search and presentations from respected members from a wide spectrum of disciplines in veterinary medicine.
Vaccines continue to play an important role in the control and prevention of feline infectious disease in an overall preventative health care program for cats. This committee sought to promote the understanding of and to provide guidance for the use of currently available feline vaccines.
It is impractical to recommend a standard vaccination program for all cats because the risk of acquiring a specific infection varies due to the age and health of the patient exposure to other cats, and geographic prevalence of disease. A comprehensive physical examination of each patient at least yearly is important to reassess its health and address possible lifestyle changes that could affect vaccine recommendations.
The ubiquitous nature and the seriousness of infection with Feline Panleukopenia (FPV), Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis (FHV-1), Feline Calicivirus (FCV), and Rabies justifies vaccinating all cats against these diseases. These vaccines will be referred to as CORE vaccines. Vaccines against Chlamydiosis, FeLV, FIV, FIP, Giardiasis, Bordetella and Ringworm will be called NON-CORE vaccines. Use of NON-CORE vaccines should be restricted to those cats with realistic risk of exposure to these pathogenic organisms.
The biggest risk associated with vaccination with Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) is a potential increase in the likelihood of fibrosarcoma, a form of cancer, at the injection site. While there is still some debate about the link between vaccination and formation of this cancer I tend to think we should be cautious in use of vaccinations until the issue is sorted out. Other risks include anaphylactic shock (very rare) due to sensitivity to the injection and immune suppression for a short period of time post-vaccination. These risks have to be weighed against the risks of not vaccinating for this disease. Feline leukemia is transmitted by direct contact with another cat. It is not an airborne infection and the virus can only live outside the cat's body for a very short time, literally seconds. Therefore, an indoor cat has very little chance of being exposed to the virus.
The Ringworm vaccination remains controversial, among veterinarians, at the present time. The ringworm vaccine (Microsporum canis vaccine) doesn't produce sufficient immunity to make it worthwhile. It may help with suppressing symptoms in a patient that has ringworm but it doesn't produce enough immunity to allow the patient to kill the fungus, so the symptoms usually return. Since an infected cat can spread the fungus to other cats, and to humans, masking the symptoms doesn't make sense. To learn more about ringworm read The Feline Advisory Bureau's article Tackling Ringworm in Cats and The Exotic Cat Club's article Feline Health - Ringworm.
FIP vaccine is also controversial. We don't use the vaccine because it doesn't seem to be effective enough to warrant taking any risk with it and because there is a small chance that it could make some cats more likely to develop FIP (this is the reason for controversy over this vaccine). At the present time it appears that most cases of FIP occur due to mutation of "normal" coronaviruses, which are a common infectious agent. Cats that are infected with intestinal coronaviruses are thus susceptible to FIP, even if they are vaccinated against it, since the vaccine doesn't interfere with virus already present.
Myths and Facts About FIP: For a cat to get FIP, several things must happen first:
-- exposed to FECV (feline enteric corona virus, about as common as human cold)
-- the FECV mutates inside that particular cat's body, AND
-- that particular cat has a genetic predisposition to getting FIPFIP is really an immune response gone wild. It is very very different in nature from other cat diseases.
When you've been told your cat has tested FECV positive (which would be most rescue cats, breeder cats, and many pet cats, they can go in and out of testing positive), it's fairly NON-significant, there is NO accurateFIP test!!Feline coronavirus includes two biotypes. Feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) is a fairly benign biotype. FIP virus is the virulent biotype. Unfortunately, current virus assays (IFA, VI, RT/PCR, and Elisa) cannot distinguish between the benign type and the virulent form. The so-called serology merely measures antibodies to the entire group of coronaviruses. Therefore, these serologic tests are not diagnostic for FIP, regardless of how commercial laboratories may market such tests. The reason why serology is not really useful is that, given the nature of FECV infections in catteries, 70% or more cats will test positive with varying titres.
The problem with the disease is that it is too complex to explain to lay people. That is why catterv owners and veterinarians keep looking for the simple solution and this simple solution inevitably involves serology.
Please educate yourself about this very misunderstood virus. It's very important that we do not contribute to such myths as they bring about many unnecessary kitty (who were perfectly healthy) deaths by euthanasia.
There are five strains of the FIV virus, called “Clades.” The vaccine for FIV was made using only some of the Clades, but not all, therefore it doesn’t offer protection for all of the strains of the disease. The FIV vaccine is an “adjuvanted” vaccine. An “adjuvant” is an additive used with killed vaccines to improve their ability to stimulate the immune system. Unfortunately, adjuvanted vaccines have been implicated in the development of certain tumours in cats (vaccine associated sarcomas). Also, vaccinated cats will test positive on all current methods of testing for the FIV virus. This means it will no longer be possible to distinguish between vaccinated cats from truly infected cats.
Because adverse reactions to the Chlamydia vaccine happen more frequently than adverse reactions to the disease, and because the vaccine does not prevent clinical infection, but just from severe symptoms, this vaccine is not routinely recommended.
Bordetella, more commonly found in dogs(kennel cough), is found in shelters and other multiple-cat environments. The recently-approved vaccine has not yet been thoroughly tested as to the duration of its protection, and it is not recommended for routine use, although exceptions may be made for multiple-cat environments.
Giardiasis, another recently approved vaccine is not yet recommended for routine use by the AAFP, except where exposure is clinically significant, e.g. multiple-cat environments.
Since your kitten will be living in a completely indoor environment, heartworm and flea medications are not necessary.
Boosters, the annual revaccination recommendation on the vaccine label is just that – a recommendation, and is not a legal requirement except for Rabies. Also, contrary to widespread belief, there is no provincial legal requirement for annual revaccination for Rabies in Ontario, nor in any other Canadian province. The Ontario Veterinary College encourages the use of a three year Rabies vaccine (triennial vaccine). Impetus to reconsider rabies revaccinaton protocols follows an increased veterinary and public awareness of potential side effects with respect to vaccination. Rabies vaccines have been implicated in the development of life-threatening fibrosarcomas in cats. Vaccines have also been associated with other adverse disorders. For breeds or families of cats susceptible to or effected with immune dysfunction, immune mediated disease, immune reactions, or autoimmune endocrine disease (e.g., Thyroiditis, Addison’s or Cushing’s Disease, Diabetes, etc.) some veterinary groups and schools have begun advocating the less frequent use of vaccines.
Vaccination Update: Feline Distemper Vaccine Implicated in Development of Chronic Renal Failure
Feline vaccines are commonly grown in Crandall-Reese Feline Kidney ("CRFK") cells. As a result, feline vaccines contain CRFK proteins. A study conducted by Colorado State University demonstrated that only one injection of the common feline three-in-one vaccination (FVRCP) led to production of anti-kidney antibodies. This study indicates that vaccination could be a cause for chronic renal failure in cats.
It has long been known that chronic renal failure (CRF) in cats has an inflammatory component. Chronic low-grade inflammation causes gradual destruction and scarring of the kidney, eventually resulting in loss of function and failure of the organ. However, what was not known was what caused the inflammation in the first place. This research hints at a potential cause.Recent research from Colorado State University suggests a link between vaccination for feline distemper (panleukopenia) and the development of chronic renal failure. The distemper virus is grown in a feline kidney cell culture to make the vaccine.
Earlier research at Purdue University showed that puppies given a vaccine grown in calf serum developed antibodies to calf proteins that also reacted against the puppies' own cells. These auto-antibodies (antibodies to self, or to one's own tissues) may contribute to later development of autoimmune diseases. Every subsequent vaccine caused the puppies to form even more antibodies.
In the Colorado State study, 75% of kittens given an injectable distemper vaccine developed antibodies to kidney proteins. However, kittens given the intranasal form of the vaccine did not produce kidney antibodies.
Ongoing work at Cornell University has demonstrated that the immunity produced by the feline distemper vaccine lasts for many years (the test cats have maintained their immunity to distemper for more than 9 years without revaccination).
Given the long-lasting immunity provided by the distemper vaccine and the risk of triggering a harmful inflammatory reaction in the kidneys, it seems prudent to minimize the vaccines a cat receives. The current recommendation is to vaccinate every 3 years. For indoor cats, it may be unnecessary to revaccinate at all, once the kitten has had its distemper series. Some studies suggest that a single distemper vaccine given after 16 weeks of age, is fully protective and need not be repeated. The intranasal vaccine appears to be much less likely to cause this adverse reaction. (Reference: "Parenteral administration of FVRCP vaccines induces antibodies against feline renal tissues." MR Lappin, WA Jensen, R Chandrashekar, SD Kinney.)
FCV Vaccination and The Limping Syndrome
A curious feature of the association between FCV infection and the limping syndrome' is that the lameness is most frequently observed in kittens, and often following their first vaccination (which is typically a combination vaccine for feline calicivirus, herpesvirus and parvovirus). Workers at the University of Liverpool investigated the association between the syndrome and FCV vaccination in detail (Dawson and others 1993). They found that of 123 vaccine reactions reported to them, 80 per cent involved lameness (either alone or in combination with other signs such as pyrexia, oral ulceration or respiratory signs. Furthermore, of the cats developing lameness after vaccination, 96 per cent occurred in cats less than six months of age, and 88 per cent occurred after the first vaccination. All of the cats investigated had received one of five different commercial vaccines, and it emerged that one of these vaccines was responsible for over 60 per cent of the transient lameness cases reported (this vaccine has since been changed by the manufacturer). Signs of lameness were reported to develop typically six to seven days after vaccination in these cats. FCV was isolated from oropharangeal swabs of 71 per cent of cats that developed post-vaccination lameness. Investigation of the strains of virus isolated suggested that in many cases there was infection with `wild' virus (le, natural infection with FCV not associated with vaccination), but in some cases the virus isolated was very closely related, or identical to the vaccine virus. In the same study, these investigators also evaluated 19 cats that developed transient lameness not associated with vaccination. FCV was isolated from 89 per cent of these cats, 63 per cent were less than six months of age, and 79 per cent had accompanying clinical signs (pyrexia, oral ulceration). (Source: Feline Advisory Bureau)
Re: J Dodd's Vaccine Protocol
From: Dr. Ihor Basko Canineallergiessolutions@yahoogroups.comI would like to make you aware that all 27 veterinary schools in North America are in the process of changing their protocols for vaccinating dogs and cats.
Some of this information will present an ethical & economic challenge to vets, and there will be sceptics. Some organizations have come up with a political compromise suggesting vaccinations every 3 years to appease those who fear loss of income vs those concerned about potential side effects. Politics, traditions, or the doctor's economic well-being should not be a factor in medical decision.
NEW PRINCIPLES OF IMMUNOLOGY
"Dogs and cats immune systems mature fully at 6 months. If a modified live virus vaccine is given after 6 months of age, it produces immunity, which is good for the life of the pet (ie: canine distemper, parvo, feline distemper). If another MLV vaccine is given a year later, the antibodies from the first vaccine neutralize the antigens of the second vaccine and there is little or no effect. The titer is not "boosted" nor are more memory cells induced."Not only are annual boosters for parvo and distemper unnecessary, they subject the pet to potential risks of allergic reactions and immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia. There is no scientific documentation to back up label claims for annual administration of MLV vaccines. "Puppies receive antibodies through their mothers milk. This natural protection can last 8-14 weeks. Puppies & kittens should NOT be vaccinated at LESS than 8 weeks. Maternal immunity will neutralize the vaccine and little protection (0-38%) will be produced. Vaccination at 6 weeks will, however, delay the timing of the first highly effective vaccine. Vaccinations given 2 weeks apart suppress rather than stimulate the immune system. A series of vaccinations is given starting at 8 weeks and given 3-4 weeks apart up to 16 weeks of age. Another vaccination given sometime after 6 months of age (usually at 1 year 4 mo) will provide lifetime immunity."
THE RABIES CHALLENGE FUND
World renowned vaccine research scientist, Dr. W. Jean Dodds, and Kris Christine are spearheading The Rabies Challenge Fund, to raise $1.5 million to finance two canine rabies vaccine challenge studies. One five year study, and another 7 year. The funds will pay for a study of canine rabies vaccine adjuvants and will set up a rabies vaccine adverse reactions reporting system.
The purpose of this independant scientific study is to challenge duration of immunity (DOI) at 5 and 7 years in dogs in an effort to provide scientific data on long lasting immunity.
”As rabies vaccines are known to elicit severe and even fatal adverse reactions, and are among the strongest vaccines antigenically and contain potent adjuvants to bolster their immunologic effect, giving them more often than truly needed is unwise, unnecessary, and can be unsafe.“Dr. Dodds
November, 2006
Greetings All!
Some big news for The Rabies Challenge Fund Charitable Trust: ... now has its own
website ... If you read the text of the press release below, you'll see the other big news is that Dr. Ronald Schultz of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine has volunteered his time to conduct the 5 and 7 year canine rabies challenge studies. If you recall, Dr. Schultz's research forms part of the scientific base for the American Animal Hospital Association's 2003 and 2006 Canine Vaccine Guidelines. The December 2006/January 2007 (Vol. 8, Issue 6) Animal Wellness Magazine features an article by Ann Brightman on the RCF entitled, How Often Does He REALLY Need a Rabies Shot?Since last year, Dr. W. Jean Dodds of Hemopet and Co-Trustee of The Rabies Challenge Fund Charitable Trust, and her staff have donated their time to ensure these vital studies are conducted for the benefit of our canine companions. We hope you'll join us in this effort too!
Regards,
Kris L. Christine
Founder, Co-Trustee
Web Site: The Rabies Challenge Fund
FURTHER READING
Natural Rearing: For Those That Choose To Think For Themselves
? by Dr. Don Hamilton DVMVaccine Guide For Dogs and Cats: What Every Pet Lover Should Know by Catherine J. M. Diodati, MA
Catherine J. M. Diodati, MA is a vaccine expert, legal consultant, and biochemical ethicist. She began researching vaccines in 1985.
Information on Feline Vaccination Dangers and Concerns by Michelle T Bernard, Author of Raising Cats Naturally (this book is endorsed by Linda East, DVM & Jean Hofve, DVM)
Important Information On The Dangers of Annual Vaccinations
Compilation of Information Regarding the Use of Vaccines
Paws & Claws Pet Pantry’s Holistic Vets in Ontario
American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association - Canadian Members
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are our opinions based on our experience and research. We are not veterinarians, nor do we claim to have any medical training or to be an expert in feline health issues. As reputable breeders we feel it is our responsibility to continuously educate ourselves about all facets of breeding Maine Coons. In addition, to our many years of breeding experience, this knowledge helps us to maintain quality, healthy breeding stock with the goals of raising the healthiest kittens possible and improving the Maine Coon breed as a whole.
