The above is a subject that we have blogged about on quite a few occasions here at Pedigree Dogs
The latest piece of information I have come across regarding the same, has been published by Professor Michael Day of the University of Bristol writing in the Veterinary Record
He states that guidelines now suggest that core vaccinations – ones which protect dogs from infectious diseases that are either life-threatening or that cause severe illness – can be administered every three to four years, not annually, and that the process should be considered a medical procedure and tailored to an animal’s individual needs.
The piece also states that determination of whether non-core vaccines are necessary to be made on the basis of the animal’s exposure risk to contagious disease, geographical location, lifestyle and travel history, and that vaccines should be administered at three-yearly intervals if the risk of exposure is slim.
In another piece I read on the same topic, the author stated, why inject against leptosporosis if your dog is a city dog / couch potatoe and very rarely if ever comes into contact with stagnant drain or ditch water ? It’s like us here in Ireland taking malaria medication, just in case we get bitten by a malaria carrying mosquito !
Now in 2010 a British survey carried out at the Small Animals Veterinary Association congress indicated that 53 per cent of vets in the UK are already working on this 3 year basis but this figure should now be closer to 100 per cent given that the market leading vaccines all have a three- or four-year licensed duration of immunity.
If the above is the case, will vets in Ireland come on board re these findings, and when will it become the norm / acceptable, so that dogs being boarded, will only have to show proof of vaccinations every third year ?
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