| What Vaccines Should I Give My Pet? |
There is a lot of controversy over which vaccines, if any to give your pet. The American Animal Hospital Association and the American Association of Feline Practitioners have produced guidelines to assist veterinarians and pet owners in choosing the vaccines. Even with that said, the choice of vaccines is not black and white. It will depend upon the individual pet, age and breed, his or her lifestyle, health status, demographics, owner's comfort with the vaccine, and veterinarian experience.
I recommend that for each pet, the pet owner and veterinarian sit down and discuss the recommended vaccines for a pet to create an individual schedule that best benefits the pet.
With that said, this website will attempt to condense and explain the recommendations of AAHA and AAFP.
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| Click here for Canine Vaccines Guidelines |
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| Click here for Feline Vaccines Guidelines |
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| Should I vaccinate my cats if they are with an FIV cat? |
Colleen from Winnipeg Canada wrote several excellent questions regarding what to do about her cats. She has a cat named Punky who was diagnosed with FIV. Her other cats do not have this disease. She had some excellent questions regarding vaccinating her other cats as well as her Punky.
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| CLICK HERE to read more about vaccination with FIV cats |
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Below are free audio downloads that you can play on your computer or MP3 device. They are interviews that were conducted by Pets.ca's Marko Kulik. They cover some basic information on vaccinating our pets. Please feel free to listen in!
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Dog Vaccines #50. features an interview with our podcasting veterinarian Dr. Lee. In this podcast we discuss most of the important topics that surround
vaccinating pet dogs. We cover topics like what is a vaccine, why we
vaccinate, when to vaccinate, over-vaccination, vaccines that are no
longer recommended etc. Thanks to Winston from our Pets.ca Forum for suggesting this topic. This is a two part podcast and the next show will be devoted entirely to vaccinating cats.
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Dog Vaccination |
For the complete Guidelines from AAHA and AAFP, please click on the icons to the right.
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| Dog Vaccine Guidelines |
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| Cat Vaccine Guidelines |
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