What are all of these Vaccinations for?

 

This is just a small definition of the vaccines that you may encounter along the way.  Some veterinarians may choose to vaccinate your puppy with a different schedule or with different combinations of vaccines to better suit your puppy.   If you have more questions or concerns please contact your veterinarian for greater detailed information.

 

VACCINES:

 

DHLPP (sometimes given without the Leptospirosis – DHPP)

  • Distemper / Hepatitis / Leptospirosis / Parainfluenza (to help prevent more of a serious kennel cough) / Parvovirus
  • 8 weeks / 12 weeks / 16 weeks
  • 1 year boosters
  • Annual titers can check for protective antibody levels / immunity changing administration to as follows:

Distemper  1 – 5yrs & Parvo 1-3 yrs

 

BORDATELLA  (to help prevent Mild Kennel Cough)

  • Usually intranasal every 6 months for socially active dogs or annually for isolated dogs

 

RABIES

  • Administered 4 – 6 months of age
  • Booster 1 year later
  • Boosters every 3 years after that (can not run titers on this one)

 

 

DEFINITIONS:

 

DISTEMPER:

  • Viral disease
  • Affecting respiratory and nervous systems causing: fever, lethargy, coughing, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures & death

HEPATITIS:

  • Contagious disease of the liver
  • Symptoms include: fever, vomiting, diarrhea & abdominal pain
  • Can also cause severe kidney damage

LEPTOSPIROSIS:

  • Bacterial disease carried by wild animals and in contaminated water
  • Symptoms include: high fever, jaundice, hemorrhaging, and bloodstained feces
  • Can affect humans through infected urine

 

PARVOVIRUS:

  • Parvovirus (Parvo) is a highly contagious disease that causes diarrhea and vomiting, and often leads to death.
  • Transmitted through contaminated feces in soil

 

INFECTIOUS TRACHEOBRONCHITIS (Kennel Cough or ITB):

  • Acute, highly contagious disease
  • Caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica, canine parainfluenza (CPI), canine adenovirua 1(CAV-!), canine adenovirua 2 (CAV-2), canine distemper virus (CDV), reovirus, and small organisms called mycoplasma. (Bordatella = bacterium & Parainfluenza = airborne virus)
  • Symptoms include: severe coughing spells especially after short exercise sometime followed by vomiting and gagging, watery eyes and runny nose

 

RABIES:

  • Virus from wild animals particularly skunks, raccoons, bats and foxes
  • Attacking the brain and is always fatal
  • Can be passed to humans through bite or scratch from infected animal
  • Symptoms include: unusually aggressive irritated behavior, drooling or frothing mouth, drunken walk

 

(some kennels may require a current Corona and Canine Influenza vaccine too)

CORONAVIRUS:

  • Second leading cause of viral diarrhea.
  • Transmitted through contaminated feces in soil
  • Symptoms include: diarrhea, vomiting, excessive thirst, weight loss, loss of appetite

CANINE INFLUENZA:

  • Symptoms similar to kennel cough
  • Appears 2 -3 days after exposure