Whats your favourite vaccine brand? - Page 1

Since I vaccinate my dogs I am confused about the following brands which is made avaiable. Whats yiru first choice:

MERIAL, INTERVET, PFIZER, NOBIVAC

I don't like any of them.......they are a somewhat necessary evil.

Crazydog-     Intervet. They were the first vaccine manufacturer to adopt the 3 year DHPP vaccine protocol, recognizing the over vaccinating problem. I agree with Sitas mom, they are a necessary evil for a young pup. Wyeth manufactures "Fort Dodge" vaccines which have the highest incidence of vaccine reactions. I have my dogs puppy vaccines, minus Lepto done, and then at 1yr. I have titered after that, my male is 3 and still has a very high level. Rabies is the only vaccine I do when it expires, and there are some labs that will run titers for those as well. I do not do Lyme vaccine, I have seen too many dogs vaccinated only to contract it anyway.  Dr.Jean Dodds has an excellent article on vaccines and their negative affect on the immune system. You can Google her to read her vaccine protocols, which recommend every 3 years or titering. Of course very few vets are in favor of the 3 year, after all the "annual" vaccines are their bread and butter. There is also a research project that is ongoing called the "Rabies Challenge Fund" by Dr.Dodd's, trying to prove the efficacy of that vaccine is well beyond 3 years. Hope this helps.

Schering-Plough DA2PPvL effective against  CPV-2    CPV-2b    CPV-2c

"Pfizer manufactures "Fort Dodge" vaccines"

Pfizer manufactures Vanguard

Fort Doge manufactures Duramune which has alot of reactions!

When I have to vaccinate, I use the Pfizer Vanguard.  I have not had a problem.  The only times I have seen a vaccine reaction it was from the Duramune.

Van-Guard

Neotech

Vanguard

Oh also something to think about. In CZECH when I was there and when I was kid, they did not immunize dogs. No money, no means. I remember, when I was a kid, I was playing with my neighbor's pups and he said:"Do not get attached to them they did not have a 'dog disease' yet." What that meant was, that they are going to get sick and some of them will die. However the ones who survived had strong immune system and when bred passed it on the progeny. Now do it for tens of generations and you will get some immune system- vise strong dogs. That is one of the aspect of Czech dogs; they still have stronger immune system, even so they in Czech now also immunize. Keep in mind that by immunizing you are supporting dogs which would normally die. Now they don't die and if they breed then they are passing down the line their weak immune system.
I immunize now too. I just do not have the nerves to see pups dying. But it is cheating and cheating does not pay off in the long run.
For the sake of the GSD
Prager (Hans)
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