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NOT ALL CAT VACCINES ARE CREATED EQUAL: This could save your cat's life.
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Hello, Patch Pet Lovers!
Oh, another one of my least favorite topics… VACCINATIONS!!!
Yes, core vaccines are necessary… but over-vaccinating is literally putting your cat at risk! If your vet is not willing to do titer levels to check your pets' immunity, I recommend finding another who will!
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NOT ALL CAT VACCINES ARE CREATED EQUAL: This could save your cat's life.
Did you know that not all cat vaccines are created equal? When vaccinating your cat, ask your vet if they are using an adjuvant-free vaccine. Sadly, we have found that many are not. However, the more people bring it up, the more likely they are to change brands.
FACT: These tumors are associated with chronic inflammation from the injection.
FACT: Chronic inflammation has been linked to adjuvants (ad-juh-vents) contained in some vaccines. An example of an adjuvant is aluminum. Even “lipid based” and other non-aluminum adjuvants cause chronic inflammation.
FACT: The World Small Animal Veterinary Association and the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases both recommend the use of non-adjuvanted vaccines whenever possible.
FACT: You have a choice when it comes to what kind of vaccine your cat gets, as well as making sure your cat isn’t over-vaccinated.
**Since we don’t know which cats are more likely to get a feline injection-site sarcoma, the only thing we can control is the type of vaccine we give** It’s not worth the risk, so be sure to ask your vet for adjuvant-free vaccines. This is a potentially life-saving question that most people don’t know to ask!
Examples of these safer vaccines include:
- FVRCP (“feline distemper”)- any “modified live” vaccine
- FeLV (feline leukemia)- only the PureVax Leukemia by Merial
- Rabies- only the PureVax Rabies by Merial
Thank you for caring about your cat. Please let other people know about this, so that more lives can be saved!
Laura Cochrane, DVM
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