When your vet gives your dog vaccines, do you ask whether they are core vaccines? Don’t know what that means? Then you might want to read on …
All of the vaccines given to dogs fit into 2 categories: core and non-core vaccines. These vaccines protect against viruses, which are easy to protect dogs against.
In fact, viral vaccines are so effective that, when given to a dog over four months of age, they’ve been scientifically proven to protect that dog for years, and most likely for life.
The core vaccines include parvovirus, distemper, adenovirus (canine hepatitis) and rabies. Core vaccines are the ones most vets recommend your dog should have as a puppy. These vaccines all protect against viral diseases. They are:
● Rabies
● Distemper
● Parvovirus
● Adenovirus (Canine Hepatitis)
The non-core vaccines aren’t included in this group for three main reasons: ● They don’t work as well
● They don’t protect for very long
● They’re more dangerous
The Non-Core vaccines include:
● Bordetella
● Lyme Disease
● Leptospirosis 4-way (this is sometimes included in combination vaccines with core vaccines, but it is a non-core vaccine and should be considered separately)
● Canine Influenza
● Parainfluenza
● Adenovirus Intranasal
Several of the non-core vaccines (Bordetella, Lyme and Leptospirosis) are bacterial vaccines. Bacterial vaccines have low efficacy rates coupled with high incidence of adverse reactions.
This means they should rarely be used, and then, only after careful consideration of all the risks of vaccinating vs not vaccinating against these diseases.
But if you do plan to give your dog any of these vaccines (or you already have), you’ll need to know how long they last and how to protect him afterward.
Know more about animal vaccinations in my handy guide:
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Harshita
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