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Vaccinations
The vet clinic I take my cats to has a medical plan in which a low monthly
payment pays for all office visits, exams, and most vaccinations. My cat's yearly contract is running out so he will be receiving his shots soon. The list of shots included in the plan are distemper, rabies, leukemia, giardia, rhino-calci virus, and infectious peritonitis. That sounds like too many shots. Which of these shots are really necessary and which aren't? My cats are indoor cats, btw. Never in their lives have they stepped foot outside. The clinic I used to take them to only demanded they get 2 vaccinations: distemper and rabies. All others were optional. |
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enlightened us with... The vet clinic I take my cats to has a medical plan in which a low monthly payment pays for all office visits, exams, and most vaccinations. My cat's yearly contract is running out so he will be receiving his shots soon. The list of shots included in the plan are distemper, rabies, leukemia, giardia, rhino-calci virus, and infectious peritonitis. That sounds like too many shots. Which of these shots are really necessary and which aren't? My cats are indoor cats, btw. Never in their lives have they stepped foot outside. The clinic I used to take them to only demanded they get 2 vaccinations: distemper and rabies. All others were optional. I'm no expert, but after doing a little reseach lately on the subject, I have decided my cats will only get rabies/distemper from now on. Why I think that way: 1. Few vaccines are 100% effective. 2. Most vaccines are good for 3 years, if not more. Some may be good for life. 3. Leukemia is only 85% effective, but the cat will forever test positive for antibodies, thus making it impossible to know if your cat actually gets the disease. Same for FIV. 4. FIP vaccine has not been proven effective at all. 5. The vaccines do not always prevent disease, but can lessen its symptoms. If the cat is never exposed, there is no benefit, and possibly a detriment if the cat develops vaccine associated sarcoma. IANAV. ------------------------------------------------- ~kaeli~ Jesus saves, Allah protects, and Cthulhu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace ------------------------------------------------- |
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And on the day 06 Nov 2003 23:34:50 GMT, ospam
enlightened us with ... kaeli wrote: 3. Leukemia is only 85% effective, but the cat will forever test positive for antibodies, thus making it impossible to know if your cat actually gets the disease. Same for FIV. It is my understanding (from what I've read) that with feline leukemia, vaccination status will not affect the accuracy of the test. With FIV, however, since the current test only tests for antibodies, any cat receiving the vaccine will test positive. The goal is to develop an FIV test that will look for antigens rather than antibodies. The FeLV test detects antigens, so the test is still accurate even if the cat has been vaccinated against FeLV. I stand corrected. Thanks for that. FIV vacination will result in a positive test, but that is not the case for FeLV. However, the vaccine is only about 85-90% effective for FeLV and 82% for FIV. The vaccines are adjuvanted (I didn't see a reference to non- adjuvanted, but there may be one available), which puts the cat at risk for sarcoma. -------------------------------------------------- ~kaeli~ Winerr 01C - Wrong Disk Formatted. Sorry About That. Winerr 01D - Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart/ http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace/ ------------------------------------------------ |
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And on the day 06 Nov 2003 23:34:50 GMT, ospam
enlightened us with ... kaeli wrote: 3. Leukemia is only 85% effective, but the cat will forever test positive for antibodies, thus making it impossible to know if your cat actually gets the disease. Same for FIV. It is my understanding (from what I've read) that with feline leukemia, vaccination status will not affect the accuracy of the test. With FIV, however, since the current test only tests for antibodies, any cat receiving the vaccine will test positive. The goal is to develop an FIV test that will look for antigens rather than antibodies. The FeLV test detects antigens, so the test is still accurate even if the cat has been vaccinated against FeLV. I stand corrected. Thanks for that. FIV vacination will result in a positive test, but that is not the case for FeLV. However, the vaccine is only about 85-90% effective for FeLV and 82% for FIV. The vaccines are adjuvanted (I didn't see a reference to non- adjuvanted, but there may be one available), which puts the cat at risk for sarcoma. -------------------------------------------------- ~kaeli~ Winerr 01C - Wrong Disk Formatted. Sorry About That. Winerr 01D - Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart/ http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace/ ------------------------------------------------ |
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Yngver composed with style: kaeli wrote: 3. Leukemia is only 85% effective, but the cat will forever test positive for antibodies, thus making it impossible to know if your cat actually gets the disease. Same for FIV. It is my understanding (from what I've read) that with feline leukemia, vaccination status will not affect the accuracy of the test. This is apparently true. 2 of my cats get FeLV vaccines due to one being positive and for the first year I had Shamrock tested and he was negative 2x. The new vet doesn't see any reason to do tests unless there is a reason to other than just living with a positive cat. |
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