titres

Janice · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: titres

I know vaccination has already been discussed, but I just read that titres are accepted for pets pass-boards. Does anyone know if this is correct?
I'm not planning to take Dale anywhere but if its good enough for traveling wouldn't it be acceptable for things like kennels?
I may have got it wrong but I think it measures the T cells and if they are low then immunity may be low though though not necessarily. If they are high then the dog has immunity??
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linsey · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

what in the name of the wee man is a... "titres"?!?!

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tit-res...? I don't even know how to say it Razz

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Janice · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

Titres is a test vets can do to check your dog's immunity before you decide to vaccinate. I wonder if anyone here has asked to have it done.
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linsey · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject:

i see! thanks janice Very Happy

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Ashley · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject:

I dont know of dogs who have had it done, but I had to have it done before the second time I went to Africa to check if I needed a booster of a particular vaccine. Other than that, like Linsey, I'd have had no idea what the hell a titre test was.
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shirley c · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject:

They are the norm a lot in America and the vets there do them there as the norm
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Lindy · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject:

Your Dog Mag has a good article on vaccination this month, I'd be intersted in getting it done only if I knew that if I didn't need a booster that my insurance would be valid etc etc.

kendal · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject:

well at the kennel I'm not allowed to book a dog in unless it has proof of vaccination, we even have to keep the vac card during the dogs stay in case we get inspected.
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Susan · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I am going to sound really ignorant here, but I know that there is a growing swell of belief that dogs don't need their booster injections. What is the reasoning behind this? Our yorkie Ben, who will be 16 this year has not had a booster for the last 5 years, and that was just because..I don't even know, I think he missed one, and then because he hardly goes out these days (he is very arthritic and has a throat condition where he can't get too much excersize) my Mum just never bothered with it.

Is there a feeling that these boosters cause harm to the dog?

Janice · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject:

Its a bit like the debate over children's vaccinations, i think. So far as I can work out and I'm definitely no expert some dogs immune systems can react badly to the live vaccines. They're being blamed for various things some quite serious. However the diseases they protect against are nasty and often fatal. Healthy dogs generally seem fine with the vaccines but there's always the odd one that isn't. Apparently the immunity levels can still be quite good after a year so some people are suggesting boosters every three years. Again it depends on the dog. Titres can give some idea of a dogs level of immunity. I was thinking on the lines of 'if his immunity is good anyway why risk side effects for little gain?' dale's had the puppy vacs. and he'll get his first booster but after that tests seem an idea to think about.
If you search the forum I'm sure there's a thread about vaccinations that would tell you more.
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shirley c · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject:

Pixel always reacts to her vaccinations, she is just off for a few days Sad

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Lindy · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

Our old JRT Jock got his puppy and first vacs then no more and he was healthy and lived till he was about 16 and he was an outside dog so lived outside all his life due to my mums asthma.

Deborah Hamilton · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

Dog vaccines apparently don't last as long as children's vaccines for example.

The idea is to prevent disease and the spread of it rather than treat the dog once it is ill, having contracted something.

Hope that helps a little.

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