Rabies Vaccine -- 3 yr Vaccine Relabeled as 1 yr

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Rabies Vaccine -- 3 yr Vaccine Relabeled as 1 yr

Posted : 8/13/2011 10:02:16 AM

The USDA allows vaccine manufacturers to relabel their 3 year rabies vaccines as 1 year products. This link http://www.calmanimalcare.com/vaccine.htm , you will be taken to the Calm Animal Care website, which has posted Colorado State University's Small Animal Vaccination Protocol for its veterinary teaching hospital, which states:[color=darkred]"Even with rabies vaccines, the label may be misleading in that a three year duration of immunity product may also be labeled and sold as a one year duration of immunity product." [/color]

[color=darkred] "In the case of Defensor 1 and Defensor 3 vaccines made by Pfizer, testing is the only difference between the products. 'The formulations are the same, but regulatory requirements for the one- and three-year vaccines are different, requiring distinct and separate studies for each label,' said Pfizer spokesman Richard Chambers."

[/color]States Consider Controlling Rabies Vaccination Intervals[/b], by Edie Lau Idea

The Veterinary Information Network News Service [/i] 8/12/11 http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=19501

According to Dr. Ronald Schultz of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, [color=darkred]"There is no benefit from annual rabies vaccination and most one year rabies products are similar or identical to the 3-year products with regard to duration of immunity and effectiveness. However, if they are 1 year rabies vaccines, they must be legally given annually!" from[/color] Beer

What Everyone Needs to Know about Canine Vaccines [/b]

http://www.puliclub.org/CHF/AKC2007Conf/What%20Everyone%20Needs%20to%20Know%20About%20Canine%20Vaccines.htm

In an April 1, 2008 DVM360[/i] article entitled, Canine Vaccine Update (Proceedings)[/b] http://veterinarycalendar.dvm360.com/avhc/Medicine/Canine-vaccine-update-Proceedings/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/562405 by Dr. Craig Datz states that,[color=darkred] "..some brands of rabies vaccine are identical whether labeled as 1- or 3-year..."[/color]

2006 Canine & Feline Vaccination Guidelines, A Forum on Issues and Controversies [/b] by Dr. Richard B. Ford, DVM, Professor of Medicine, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.hcvma.org/notes/SpeakerNotesRichardFord.pdf Table 2 on Page 4 states: [color=darkred]Vaccine Type: Rabies, 1-year: Minimum Duration of Immunity: 3 Years (must be administered annually)[/color]

calliecritturs

Posted : 8/13/2011 11:24:10 AM

Wow that top video is almost scarey that those vets are actually promoting that the 3 year vax be given every 2 years to "promote" immunity. It was really good to see that they brought Dr. Schultz's video in to the article itself. I wish the TV article had made it a bit more clear that the reason they were interviewing that breeder was because she's trying to lead the fight against this -- it *almost* makes it sound like she was some authority. She's not ... she's just ticked off (and rightfully so, it looks like).

This is the first I've heard of a "2 year" protocol -- down here in Florida where some counties are annual the 1 vs. 3 year discussion occurs all the time (is a 1 year vaccine just a 3 year serum labelled as one year?). I know my own vet actually left a practice over this issue -- the owner vet was adamant he wanted all dogs vax'd annually but he used the 3 year serum but wouldn't tell owners it was a 3 year serum. My vet thought that was dishonest but the owner vet was convinced the most owners were too stupid to bring their dogs in annually so he used the 3 yr serum "in case".

I was astonished a vet would actually consider most owners THAT stupid and irresponsible but I heard it from him myself back when my vet was still at that practice. *sigh* I was thrilled when my vet left there!

grab01

Posted : 9/14/2011 2:18:19 AM

The one year and three year vaccines are the same. We draw them up from the same vial.