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Originally Posted by hazelrunpack
So there is a place for these vaccines. And everyone has to weigh the pros and cons for themselves.  |
Yes there is. My hope for the future is a system of vaccinating individuals and not populations. Vaccination needs to be based upon signalment, history, health status, demographic exposure and life style.
I also believe that further vaccines need to be made! There is a new vaccine against melanomas for dogs. I hope there will be vaccines available for other tick diseases, valley fever and any other infectious diseases. As long as we only vaccinate those that need it.
Hazelpackrun, if the vaccines are protecting your pets, I would not suggest stopping them by any means. This is why I do carry the vaccine. In my situation, the former owner of the practice was vaccinating couch potato lap dogs with lyme vaccine when we do not have the tick in this valley. He did it to 'improve the bottom line". So I do a lot of discontinuing of lyme vaccines. If I was in your neck of the woods, I may be doing the opposite!
