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You are here: Home / Daily Life / Vaccine vs Disease, Parvo Edition: an Infographic

Vaccine vs Disease, Parvo Edition: an Infographic

February 9, 2015 by Dr. V

Vaccines are a complicated topic, let’s start with that. It’s impossible to break down the conversation into something so simplistic as “Vaccines: yes or no”. Some are more effective than others, some prevent more severe diseases than others. There are some vaccines I did not recommend (hello, FIP) and others I was adamant about (parvo!) when I was in general practice. This is why you should have a good relationship with a vet you trust, who is willing to have a dialogue.

On the other hand, when people are wading into the quagmire of what to vaccinate for and when to boost it versus titer it, one thing stands: ALL puppies should have ALL the core vaccines: parvo, distemper, adenovirus-2, and rabies. What you do after the one year booster is between you and your vet, but basic risk/benefit is indisputably on the side of vaccinating young dogs for the above vaccines on schedule.

I think sometimes people forget how awful some of these vaccine preventable illnesses are. If you’ve ever seen a puppy dying of parvo, you would never miss that vaccine for your pet again.

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Filed Under: Daily Life, Dogs, Features, Health Tagged With: infographic, parvo, parvovirus, vaccines

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  1. Imconcernedtoo says

    February 11, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    Talk to your vet, not Dr. Google!

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