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Hello Friend,
Thanks to all of you who sent in healing wishes following my not so wise ski jumping episode..
Things are healing up well (minus my ego :-) )
And tell your kids not to do that at home.
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Vaccines, Cancer and Tail Injections
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It’s estimated that about 1 to 10 out of every 10,000 cats vaccinated will develop cancer at the injection site. If 100 million cats are vaccinated, then we are looking at thousands of cats each year developing vaccine associated sarcomas.
This is a very aggressive, and difficult to treat cancer that I saw numerous times in practice.
Researchers believe that it is primarily linked to the rabies vaccine, and feline leukemia vaccine.
In practice I responded by decreasing the number of vaccines given, along with choosing to give the vaccines in the left or right lateral sides of the leg.
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The tail
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At the University of Florida, a study suggests that tail vaccinations are a good alternative to rear leg vaccinations. University of Florida veterinarians studied 60 cats.
Results
They studied two parameters- can you do this, and does it provide immunity?
The study suggests that there are no significant differences in the behavior of the cats that receive vaccinations below the knee and in the tail.
99% of cats that received the tail vaccines developed protective antibody titers.
The researchers came to the conclusion that tail vaccines work, are well tolerated, and that they can make surgical removale of vaccine sarcomas easy and effective.
A veterinarian would only need to remove the tail- this is a realtively simple procedure.
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Dr Jones' thoughts
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Vaccinate only for what is needed as infrequent as possible
1. If indoors, no vaccines
2. If outdoors
FVRCP vaccines at 8, 12 weeks
Rabies vaccine at 6 month
Titer check at 1 year, no further vaccines may be needed.
NO FeLv vaccine
If you are vaccinating, I would encourage using the tail, especially in adult cats receiving rabies vaccine.
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Veterinary Secrets Pet of the Week
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My pets Oscar and Breezer. Both labs.
I have been following your advice in treating my pets whenever necessary.
Thank you Doctor.
Regards,
Deepa
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| Dog and Cat Words of Wisdom...
"Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends"
George Bernard Shaw
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| Heal Your Pet At Home!
Best Wishes,
Dr Andrew Jones, DVM |
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P.S.There are many HOLISTIC options for preventing disease, as opposed to using vaccines.
In my latest Inner Circle Video, I covered the homeopathic way of preventing disease, homeoprophylaxis.
Interestingly, there are some large scale studies using it which showed some impressive results.
You can get a copy of the video here:
http://www.theonlinevet.com
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