Lyme Disease Vaccine??
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Ann
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This is a wonderful article about Lyme and the vaccine by Dr. Allen Schoen, who pioneered holistic and chiropractic medicine for animals and is the author of several books. He has treated both my dogs and my horses. He doesn't recommend the vaccine either.
http://www.drschoen.com/lyme-disease-fact-from-fiction/
http://www.drschoen.com/lyme-disease-fact-from-fiction/
Watson's Mom
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My new vet today mentioned about vaccinating for Lyme since it is a big issue in my area, but I have never vaccinated for Lyme, so doing some researching and asking other vets (who are personal friends) their opinions.I'm glad to see some don't vaccinate it though.
We live about 40-50 miles apart, for what it's worth, our vet recommended against it.
really? Do you remember the reasoning behind it? I use tick collars (preventic) on both of mine and as long as those are effective i don't get why I would need the shot. Which, I know they work because of NC. My vet did tell me though a lot of people in my area do not use tick prevention even though they highly recommend it and she applauded me for using the tick collars. So that might be a part of it too.
Watson's Mom
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She didn't seem to think that the pros outweighed the cons of adding in another vaccine. From what I've read after the fact, I'm glad we don't. He gets trifexis but I'm not sure if that will kill any ticks that attach. The only tick I've ever pulled off him had not been attached long enough to become engorged at all. If I remember in my various lab classes when we got our semester's Lyme disease prevention lecture, the black legged tick needed to be attached for 18 hours minimum before the bacteria is transmitted. I don't know if it would be the same for dogs-- I don't know why it wouldn't be.
For us, diligence in checking for ticks has been enough... and I've only ever pulled one off of him. It would probably be a good idea for us to also add a tick collar. But, I don't think I'd ever give the vaccine.
Then on the other hand, I work with a guy who does his border collies. But, they are working dogs. Watson is a house dog. Their chances of picking up a tick are much higher than ours simply because of the type of activity they engage in.