Old vaccine suspected in cat's tumor

Here is the package insert for the flu shot for horses. Notice the thimerosal (mercury) in it.

http://www.wyeth.com/content/ShowFile.asp?id=242

what kind of "behaviors" does your dog have? My Dazey has bizzare behaviors (almost autistic like) that started after her vax 3 years ago (I didn't know any better at the time). We even worked with a personal trainer who said she had a very short attention span and was basket case that needed to find her inner lab. She barks at people, balloons, reflections etc. I love her to death but she's the crazeyest booger you'll ever meet.

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND CASE REPORTS

Vaccine-associated Rhabdomyosarcoma with Spinal Epidural Invasion and
Pulmonary Metastasis in a Cat
H.-W Chang, S.-Y Ho, H.-F Lo, Y.-C Tu, C.-R Jeng, C.-H Liu, F.-I Wang and V.
F. Pang
Abstract

A 7-year-old, female, domestic medium-haired cat had a recurrent deep dermal
mass in the interscapular region after initial surgical removal 3 months
earlier. The cat had received a killed rabies vaccine and a five-in-one
vaccine in the same area about 2 months prior to the first surgery. The
relapsed mass was diagnosed as vaccine-associated sarcoma. The cat was
euthanized 2 months later because of hind limb paralysis. At necropsy,
multiple, poorly demarcated, nodular masses were seen in the muscles around
the shoulders, neck, and thoracic vertebrae. Pulmonary metastasis and spinal
epidural invasion at T1–T3 with regional cord compression and malacia were
observed. Microscopically, the masses consisted of interwoven bundles of
spindle cells with prominent multinucleated giant cell formation. The
neoplastic cells stained strongly positive for myoglobin, and moderately but
variably positive for vimentin, desmin, and - smooth muscle actin.
Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin staining revealed cytoplasmic striations in
scattered tumor cells. The tumor was considered a vaccine-associated
rhabdomyosarcoma.





Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2003 Aug;50(6):286-91.

Fibrosarcomas at Presumed Sites of Injection in Dogs: Characteristics and
Comparison with
Non-vaccination Site Fibrosarcomas and Feline Post-vaccinal

Fibrosarcomas. Vascellari M, Melchiotti E, Bozza MA, Mutinelli F.

Fifteen fibrosarcomas, surgically excised from presumed sites of injection in dogs, and 10 canine fibrosarcomas excised from sites not used for injection were histologically and immunohistochemically compared with 20 feline post-vaccinal fibrosarcomas. Canine fibrosarcomas from presumed injection sites were of grade I (3), of grade II (4) and grade III (8). Two fibrosarcomas from non-injection sites were of grade I, four of grade II and four of grade III. Feline samples were classified as grade I (2), grade II (4) and grade III (14). All fibrosarcomas from presumed injection sites of both species showed lymphocytic inflammatory infiltration located at the tumour periphery, while two canine fibrosarcomas from non-injection sites showed perivascular inflammatory infiltration within the neoplasm. All samples were immunohistochemically examined for vimentin, smooth muscle actin, muscle specific actin and desmin expression. All tumours were positive for vimentin. Ten canine fibrosarcomas from presumed injection sites and all feline samples contained cells consistent with a myofibroblastic immunophenotype. Aluminium deposits were detected in eight canine fibrosarcomas from presumed injection sites and 11 feline post-vaccinal fibrosarcomas by the aurintricarboxylic acid method. The present study identifies distinct similarities between canine fibrosarcomas from presumed injection sites and feline post-vaccinal fibrosarcomas, suggesting the possibility of the development of post-injection sarcomas not only in cats, but also in dogs.

 

Pet 'Companion' Bill Pulled From Consideration
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/1979114/detail.html

POSTED: 2:44 p.m. MST February 14, 2003

DENVER -- A bill that would have allowed owners to sue when their pets died because of vaccination abuse was twisted into a companionship issue that drew so much attention its sponsor pulled it off the table Friday. While state law defines pets as property, Rep. Mark Cloer's bill would have recognized pets as companions and allowed owners to collect up to $100,000 for animal cruelty and negligent health care. Current law allows owners to receive fair market value of up to $500.

Many took the bill to mean pets would be classified as companions instead of property, which attracted international attention. "The bill's intent was not to give animals a special status. The bill allowed the owner to seek civil remedies. It did not empower any animals," the Colorado Springs Republican said. Even Cloer's decision set off a round of controversy.

Senate sponsor, Ken Chlouber, R-Leadville, was angry with Cloer for pulling the bill, but said he would not try to resurrect it this session. He wants the bill to have a broad interpretation, allowing a pet owner to sue for loss of companionship.

"Are they property, or do they have a higher value? They are more than property," said Chlouber, whose two Labrador retrievers died last year, one of old age and another in a car accident. Cloer drafted the bill as a way to force veterinarians to stop over-vaccinating pets. He believed the only way to succeed was to put financial pressure on vets by allowing pet owners to sue for more money. Veterinarians opposed the measure, while others took the language to mean Colorado would define pets as companions instead of property. Colorado is one of 14 states with current laws recognizing dogs and cats as beneficiaries and allowing people to leave their assets to their pets.

Cloer appeared on national and international news programs to discuss his bill, which also was mentioned by Jay Leno on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno."  Ted Cohn, a Denver veterinarian, said veterinarians opposed the bill because it would have driven up the cost of care. He said they also recognize that vaccinations can be dangerous. "I feel pets are certainly worth more than property. I also have suffered with grief at the loss of a pet," he said. "We need to be very careful, because it's a short jump from a pet dog or cat to including horses and other animals, and the whole agriculture industry could be in trouble. It certainly would drive up the cost."

Jim Schwartz is a retired financial planner from Centennial who started the Next-To-Kin Foundation to advocate for dogs, cats and their owners. The foundation also works to eliminate unnecessary vaccinations.  He asked Cloer to carry the bill after his poodle, Moolah, acquired autoimmune cancer after vaccination and died at age 11. "What happened to Moolah need not, must not, happen to your dog or cat," Schwartz said. Dr. Bob Rogers, a Texas veterinarian who has crusaded against over-vaccination of pets, said there is ample evidence that pets are being harmed.

Every year, 1.6 million pet owners in Colorado spend over $160 million for vaccinations that are unnecessary and expose their pets to unnecessary adverse reactions, he said. He said dogs are developing a disease where they reject their own blood, and cats develop injection site fibrasarcomas, a fatal type of cancer.
 

I bought a dog nine months old, fully vaxxed (and wasn't the breeder proud).  This dog is the puppy of a champion mom and dad, the breeder told me the only thing that was wrong with it was that it wiggled it's bum when it walked so he couldn't 'show' it.  Wrong.  The dog is a total basket case, untrainable.  I think it is autistic.  In hindsight I would get a puppy/dog that is totally unvaccinated. Can't even begin to explain how 'off the wall' this dog is....lovable though, even if it is totally mad.....    Good luck, hope you find a vax free one.......

 

what kind of "behaviors" does your dog have? My Dazey has bizzare behaviors (almost autistic like) that started after her vax 3 years ago (I didn't know any better at the time). We even worked with a personal trainer who said she had a very short attention span and was basket case that needed to find her  inner lab. She barks at people, balloons, reflections etc. I love her to death but she's the crazeyest booger you'll ever meet.
 

SARCOMA SPURS STUDIES
Veterinarians like Siebert have questioned the overuse of vaccines and their side effects since their 1960 introduction to the profession. But it wasn't until 1991, when DVMs began noticing a high rate of soft tissue feline sarcoma developing at popular vaccination sites that the issue sparked debate. Cancer reports spurred studies and in 1996, veterinarians formed the Vaccine-Associated Feline Sarcoma Task Force (VAFSTF), which has pumped money into proving vaccine-malignancy correlations ever since. The research remains under way. "Unless you're living in a cave, there's no veterinarian who's not going to be concerned with at least the information on the feline sarcoma issues," says Benjamin Cassutto, a practitioner in Delaware. "Even though I would profit more, I do not recommend certain vaccines because I'm worried about overstressing the immune system. This means you have to market better so you don't lose clients or income."
GREEDY MOTIVES?
And profits are what vaccine critics believe is at the root of the profession's resistance to update its protocols. Without the lure of vaccines, clients might be less inclined to make yearly veterinary visits. Vaccines add up to 14 percent of the average practice's income, AAHA reports, and veterinarians stand to lose big, says Dr. Ron Schultz, a veterinary immunologist at the forefront of vaccine research and chair of the University of Wisconsin's Department of Pathobiological Sciences. "I suspect some are ignoring my work," says Schultz, who claims some distemper vaccines last as long as 15 years. "Tying vaccinations into
the annual visit became prominent in the 1980s and a way of practicing in the 1990s. Now veterinarians don't want to give it up." Still, Cameron, who continues to vaccinate regularly, downplays talk of greed. "But veterinarians are people who, after eight years in a university, come out with the lowest professional incomes," he says. "If it were just money, we wouldn't be in business."
ASSOCIATIONS TAKE POSITION
To help DVMs make sense of the controversy, the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) developed feline vaccine protocols based on VAFSTF research. Canine-specific protocols also are on the way, AAHA promises, estimating their reports release by next spring. An AVMA position statement is scheduled for publication in coming months. For North Carolina State University Professor Dr. Richard Ford, who worked on both the AAHA and AVMA documents, industry guidance couldn't come soon enough. "What concerns me is the large number of vaccines coming into the market, and the fact that there are veterinarians who insist on vaccinating every dog and every cat with every vaccine every year," Ford says. "We can not do this; it's too much. Are we vaccinating too often with too many vaccines? I'm afraid the answer is yes."
 

REACTION TO VACCINE IN LABRADOR PUPPIES 11/4/`01   9 healthy pups born.5/6/`01   First vaccine given to pups. It was a MLV for Lepto. Parvo, Hepatitis & Distemper & made by the firm Merial. They are 8
wks old.6/6/01  one of the males is limping on the right leg in the morning. His name is "REDDY". By late afternoon the limp is worse & I bring him into the house.7/6/01 he has a pea-sized lump on his right  side & by the afternoon he has several more. I spoke to the vet late afternoon & he said it was probably an allergy.8/6/01 Reddy has quite a few lumps & I spoke to the vet again who suggests I keep an eye on him. By the afternoon the lumps start bursting & we go to the vets clinic. My vet diagnosis is septicaemia. I told him Reddy was having a reaction to the vaccine but he disagreed. He did say he had never seen anything like it before. We came home with 2 different kinds of antibiotics.10/6/01 I phoned the vet & arranged to meet him at his clinic at 8 a.m. Poor  Reddy`s ears are full of puss & more lumps have come out. The vet gives me drops for his ears & another antibiotic & takes a culture. Reddy is now on 3 different antibiotics.12/6/01 The results of the culture come back negative & my poor puppy is now covered with open, weeping sores.13/6/01 Back to the clinic & the vet does 2 biopsies & more cultures. One biopsy goes to the local hospital & the other goes to U.K.Over the next few days Reddy gets worse & stops eating. I cannot bear to watch him suffer & want to let him go but my vet persuades me to wait for the results of  the biopsy. I can't even pick him up to comfort him, as the sores are everywhere & obviously very painful. The culture results show sterile puss & no bacteria.19/6/01 Results of biopsy show Reddy has IDIOPATHIC NODULAR PANNICULITIS

My vet starts treating Reddy with high dose of cortisone & one type of antibiotic. The vet now tells me he
believes it is caused by the vaccine. I had been telling him all the time it was because of the vaccine. Reddy responded very quickly to the drugs & came along in leaps & bounds. It was wonderful to watch
him getting better. He lived in the kitchen & was just starting to go outside in the patio, as he liked to be clean when another disaster struck. 3/7/01 Pups are due their 12-week vaccine. 3 pups have gone to new homes & I have 6 still with me & Reddys new family are waiting for him to get better. 5 live outside in the puppy kennel & Reddy is in the kitchen. I had noticed a funny coloured faeces in the pups kennel & it was watery but solid at the same time & I had never seen anything like it before, so I just thought I would keep an eye on them & wasn't worried. I should have been.4/7/01 One male has diarrhoea. His name is Going Places, "G.P." for short. After no food I put him on chicken & rice. Absolutely fine in himself & running
around as normal.5/7/01 One of the girls same as above. Her name is Gillianne, "Gilly" for short. By the late evening everything looks fine, they had each only had one bout of diarrhoea & they all were looking & behaving normally. Except one male, who was just a bit quite. His name is Going Around, "Gaddy" for short.6/7/01 Early morning & Gaddy is slumped over the water bowl, very poorly,& he is brought straight into the spare bedroom. Lots of vomit in the kennels but no diarrhoea & no temperature. After quickly sorting the other pups out I take Gaddy to my Spanish vet who is just up the road. He puts him straight on a drip & gives him intravenous drugs. After a couple of hours we come home with instructions to return at 7 p.m. Late afternoon & G.P. is vomiting & he is brought into the spare room. Both of them are taken to the vet at 7p.m. & are put on drips & have all the treatment, which is the same for Gastro Enteritis, Parvo, etc. Vet said they had gastro enteritis at this time. Told to bring them back to clinic 9a.m. tomorrow.7/7/01  9a.m. & back at vets. Still no diarrhoea or temperature in Gaddy or G.P. Vomiting has eased off. Treatment as previous day. Have to take them both back at 7p.m. tonight. At the clinic this evening they are both lively but the vet still treats them same as before & tells me to bring them back at 9a.m. tomorrow. Pups do well during the night & look fine.

Vomiting appears to have stopped & give them very small portion of Hills I.D.  Pups outside appear to have no problem.8/7/01 One of the girls outside is vomiting & G.P. is quite. All 3 to the vet. The girl is called Gwen's Girl. All 3 have same treatment. When its finished the vet sends us home & tells me he will call in later. By early evening when the vet calls Gaddy is O.K.,  G.P. & Gwen are quite & he treats them as before. Still with no temperature or diarrhoea. Middle of the night & Gaddy has bloody diarrhoea.9/7/01 Early morning & the vet has all 3 on drips in my spare room. They have Parvo.This was confirmed later in the week by faeces analyses.Reddy ate his breakfast but very little else all day. He did eat his titbits.10/7/01  Reddy the same as yesterday. Late afternoon his faeces are soft. Vet starts him on treatment. The longest night. G.P. has explosive bloody diarrhoea & bloody vomit. Gaddy & Gwen are not as bad. Reddy starts to vomit & diarrhoea.11/7/01 Early morning & vet has all 4 on drips. By the afternoon Reddy is very poorly. Vet gives him morphine for the pain. I knew I had a decision to make but Reddy made it for me. He died at 7.25p.m. It was a horrible & violent way for him to die after all he had been through.But, I still had 3 poorly pups to look after.12/7/01   Gaddy & Gwen are recovering but G.P.is dying. His temperature is 42.C. and the vet can't stop the vomiting & diarrhoea. He has been on a drip since Sunday night.Gillianne & my other girl, Gwyneth, are moved into isolation, as they have not gone down with it.13/7/01  No change in G.P. but Gaddy is great & goes back outside. Gwen is getting there. Late evening & G.P.`s temp. goes down a degree.14/7/01  G.P. has turned the corner. He starts to recover but it takes another couple of weeks before the vomiting & diarrhoea stop & he can begin to eat normally.20/7/01   Gillianne & Gwyneth, the 2 girls who didn't appear to have Parvo have their 2nd vaccines & are fine. I had titres done for both of them first.22/7/01  Gaddy& Gwen are both outside in the puppy kennel & are fine in themselves but Gwen is still on drugs for diarrhea & vomiting. Not bloody.25/7/01    Gilly & Gwyneth come out of isolation & Gilly leaves to go to her new family. Gwyneth joins the other two in the puppy kennel. Mid morning & Gwen's sides look puffy. She is fine & eats her lunch and is her normal self. Mid afternoon & her sides are definitely swollen. Of to the vets again. He tries to pump her stomach & some food comes out. By 9.p.m. they have to operate. 11.30.p.m. he tells me her spleen had twisted& it was a good job I had decided not to wait till the morning as she would have died by then. It was dilatation. He still didn't know if she would survive the night, as she was very weak. So many long nights & he brought her home at 2.30.a.m. She did make it.3/8/01  Gaddy has his 2nd vacc.4/8/01 11.30.a.m. & Gaddy starts vomiting, it continues into the afternoon & then he starts diarrhea. Vets back & treating him & Gaddy is back in the bedroom. He tells me it's a reaction to the vaccine.6/8/01 Gaddy is back to normal & goes outside. 7/8/01    After such a long time & so many longer nights G.P. has gone out to join his littermates & they are running around being normal happy pups. I wouldn't say perfectly healthy just yet as they are still having minor ups & downs but they are certainly on the way to making a full recovery.  When Reddys biopsy results came back, my Gibraltar vet said in his opinion the Panniculitis was caused by the vaccine & he spoke to Merial & told them what had happened. He also cancelled his contract with them & went back to his old supplier. Merial went to see him 2 wks later & took all the details. They told him they would be in touch with me. They did not get in touch with me.From 9/7/01 –16/7/01 my Gibraltar vet was on holiday. (He is the vet who gave my pups their first vaccine). I informed him on the 17/7/01 what had happened &that Reddy had died. He informed Merial the following day. Merial again told him that they would get in touch with me but they didn't. I finally had to ring them & a meeting was arranged between them, myself & husband & the two vets at my home on 31/7/01. Unfortunately the vet from Gibraltar couldn't make it.My opinion is that the vaccine caused the Panniculitis. Both the Spanish vet & the Gibraltar vet are of the same opinion.The vaccine failed to protect my pups against Parvo.It was the direct cause of Reddys death.The Spanish vet is of the opinion that the vaccine was either bad or it failed to protect my pups.The Gibraltar vet agrees the vaccine failed to protect my pups. Merial accepted none of our opinions. They have told me that Reddys Panniculitis is the only one in Europe. They said a lot of things which all boiled down to them not accepting any responsibility what so ever.  As they were leaving they said they had serum that I could give my pups that would give them temporary protection until they were well enough to have their second jabs. I told them I wanted information first, but they insisted they would send it to my Spanish vet & I could use it or not, as I wished. It duly arrived, several days later Cash on Delivery! The vet promptly refused to accept it & phoned Merial & told them he thought they had greatly insulted me.  G.P.& Gwen have had blood taken & it's been sent to Glasgow University for analyses on 10/8/01. The blood titres show that Gwen's Girl has high antibodies for Parvo Distemper & Adno virus. Unfortunately G.P. has very low antibodies for distemper & adenovirus. He obviously has no protection against these diseases & I am at a loss as to what to do. Damned if I do & damned if I don't. (Vaccinate that is). After much reading & talking. November finds me feeding all my dogs on a natural diet as explained in Dr Pitcairn's book  The Complete Guide to Natural Health For Dogs & Cats. They are all very well & healthy & G.P. & Gwens Girl are doing great but I still cannot bring myself to have them vaccinated again.  I know it is a decision I have to make alone. I just do not understand how the drug manufacturer & the vet who was involved in my situation are allowed to walk away from this situation with remarks such as …… "It happens"….."Vaccines are not 100%" …."There is no guarantee"……." It's got nothing to do with the vaccine"….."You cannot prove it was the vaccine".  Drug manufacturers & the Veterinary profession have a duty to provide us with the safest possible medication for our animals & to take responsibility for things when they go wrong. They are bound by a professional code of ethics. Or doesn't that count for anything these days. I am sure a lot of people would agree with this opinion. C. Vaughan.   UPDATE 6/3/2002 In February G.P. & Gwen's Girl had blood titres done at Glasgow University & neither of them have antibodies to distemper or adno virus.They were vaccinated against those 2 diseases 8 days ago . I put their continuing good health down to the natural diet & good food all my dogs will continue to eat. I cannot praise it enough. 
     

We got away with not vaccinating our two cats for years due to not registering our cats or seeking vet care. When we finally moved and needed them to stay at an apartment, the apartment complex insisted on the records. So, we got them vaccinated - with everything. Not two hours later we had a dead cat. And 7 months later we had a second dead cat from 'hyperthyroidism' - this cat had never been sick in her 11 years of life until this point.

 

HELP! Sick kitty. Vaccine reaction?
My 3 year old cat, Spike, had his feline leukemia and distemper vaccines about a week and a half ago. Since Thursday, he's been lethargic. We've had him back to the vet twice now and they say he has a viral illness. Other than a fever (103.0-105.8), he checks out healthy according to them. Feline leukemia and feline HIV tests were negative. CBC and CMP were within normal range for felines. He spent Saturday night at the emergency vet and has been home since Sunday afternoon. His temp this morning was 102.4 and he seemed to be acting a little more chipper, but as the day has progressed he's more lethargic and I just rechecked his temp and it's 104.6.

My thoughts are that a viral illness would probably have run its course by now. It's been 5 days. He's also on prophylactic Amoxicillin, so I'd assume if it were something like a bacterial infection, the antibiotic would be helping by now. I plan on taking him back to the vet first thing in the morning (or sooner if need be) and insisting on at least a chest x-ray, but what I'm wondering is if this could be some sort of a vaccine reaction? I know absolutely nothing about reactions in animals. Can anyone offer me any advice? Please. Thank you. edited: If it is a reaction, what can I do?

 

(but the dogs are commodity, especially purebred ones...while no
price is put on human health and life...)

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030324_863.html
Study Concludes New Dog Vaccination Rules
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor's Research Results in New Dog Vaccination Guidelines

The Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. March 24 —
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor's research has helped shape new guidelines recommending a major change to how dog owners vaccinate their pets.Ronald Schultz said his findings suggest annual vaccinations to  prevent rabies, distemper and other life-threatening diseases are not necessary, and their side effects may even hurt dogs.

Schultz recommends dogs receive the major shots once every three years and less critical vaccines only in certain instances. "If it's not necessary, don't do it," said Schultz, chairman of  pathobiological sciences at UW-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine. The guidelines published this month in Trends, the journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, are based primarily on Schultz's research.

"Not one program fits all animals, and unfortunately that is what the vaccination practice has been for many, many years," Schultz said. But Morris Link, a veterinarian at Madison's Spring Harbor Animal Hospital, said he would rather vaccinate dogs every year to make sure they're safe."I vaccinate with the full battery of stuff every year with my dog," Link said. "I sure wouldn't be doing that if I thought it was creating any harm, and I've been raising real healthy dogs who live into old age."

Schultz became convinced American dogs were being over-vaccinated after conducting years of clinical trials measuring the potency of vaccinations. His studies showed a rabies vaccine lasts about three years, while the three other core vaccines for the most dangerous canine diseases lasted seven years or more, he said.

Veterinarians have recommended annual shots of many of these vaccines for decades. Schultz said that puts dogs at risk for infrequent but potentially serious side effects including skin problems, allergic reactions and autoimmune diseases.

"These adverse reactions have caused many veterinarians to rethink the issue of vaccination," Schultz said. "The idea that unnecessary vaccines can cause serious side effects is in direct conflict with  sound medical practices." Schultz said dogs should still make yearly visits to the veterinarian  for annual checks for heartworm, skin problems, tumors, tooth decay and other problems. Other groups supporting the new guidelines include the American Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Veterinary Microbiology and the American Association of Veterinary Immunologists.

 

THE BIG SCAM--RABIES VACCINATION
By: Dr. John Fudens, D.V.M. http://www.totalsierra.com/ale/Links.asp?Linkid=2896
I would like to give you, the reader, the truth about the so called required vaccinations, particularly rabies. There are two basic forms of law. One is the legal Constitutional and Common law that this country was founded on, and the other is "colorable" law passed by Administrative agencies/bureaucrats who have been given so called authority to pass laws. Black's Law Dictionary 5th Edition defines colorable law as "That which is in appearance only, and not in reality, what purports to be, hence counterfeit, feigned, having the appearance of truth." Yes, I study the law, am a paralegal, and have an extensive law library.

So any and all mandatory rabies vaccination programs are colorable law, in that they have been passed and mandated upon the pet owning public by certain vested interest groups. Who are these groups? First and foremost are veterinarians, in general, and veterinarian medical organizations. Second are the local animal control personnel, bureaucrats and politicians. What are their reasons? GREED, POWER AND CONTROL. Both these large powerful interest groups stand to benefit greatly by having rabies mandated by colorable law.

Veterinarians receive a large percentage of both their gross income and profit from vaccines given in the office. On average vaccines cost 60 to 95 cents per dose and are charged to the client at $15 to $25 per injection and substantially more in the large cities. Therefore, if veterinarians lobby to have a colorable law passed to give rabies vaccine every year that enhances their financial picture.

The veterinary medical societies, by working with other groups and area politicians, are rewarded by increased prestige and professional standing in the community. After all we are protecting you from the dreaded disease rabies, whether it exists or not. Some areas of the country are more enlightened and fortunate to have the rabies vaccine mandated every three years. You can be assured the rise of rabies is never taken into account as to whether the vaccine should be required or not. More on this later. The local government personnel benefit by extending more control over our lives, enriching the public treasury with fees, tags and fines, and giving the appearance that local government is doing something about animal populations, disease and risks to the public. Since rabies vaccines have been mandated, what county or area has seen less dog and cat bites, better animal control, more public awareness and educating of pet owning responsibility, better birth control of unwanted animals, less euthanasia of animals and decreased growth of animal control facilities?

These special groups and lobbies will use any argument, realistic or not, to justify their position. They are excellent at using the media to spread the lies and distortions. Examples: We have increased numbers of dogs biting people, pitbulls attacking and killing children are on the increase, more dogs and cats are running loose terrorizing neighborhoods, killing wildlife and other domestic stock, etc...ad nausaem. The only thing rabies vaccination is for is the protection from rabies virus, all other justifiers for the vaccine fall under human control and exist because there are a certain number of humans, connected to animals, who are irresponsible. Rabies is spread by the bite of an infected animal. The number of dog/cat bite cases in the U.S. that expose humans to rabies is as rare as shark attacks. This low incident rate has nothing to do with mandatory vaccination as the number of cases was low before the mandatory requirement.

Let me give you an example of Pinellas County, FL where my Affinity Clinic is located. I secured information from Pinellas Animal Control through the Freedom of Information Act. The record of animal control starts in 1964. From 1964 to 1978 there were zero cases of dog rabies in the county. Magically in 1978 rabies vaccine was mandated to be given every year and all dogs tagged and licensed. WHY? Well it seems four veterinarians, with animal control bureaucrats, pushed the county board of supervisors to pass a law mandating rabies vaccination every year. There were three local vets and one professor from the State Veterinary College who were behind this. It was interesting reading their letters pushing this law and the minutes of the county meeting. There was talk of dogs biting people (no actual figures given), dogs running loose, animal overpopulation, rabies on the increase in the U.S. (the increase was in wildlife, not dogs), etc.,etc. Not once was the issue discussed that there was no rabies in the county in dogs. To this date there still has not been one case of dog rabies, including the population of dogs whose owners, GOD BLESS THEM, do not vaccinate for rabies. Let's go further.

From 1964 to 1989 there were no cases of rabies in cats in Pinellas County. Magically in 1989 a law was passed mandating rabies vaccination, tags and licenses for all cats. Same tired worn out excuses were used. Since the 1989 law there was one cat with rabies contracted from the bite of a bat. DO YOU READERS REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE JUST STATED? This is standard throughout the Country. No allowance is made for dogs/cats who never leave the house or yard, could never be exposed to rabies under any circumstances, or who are so ill, old or at the end of their life cycle that the rabies vaccine would throw them over the edge. No, all dogs and cats are treated the same because we have the bogeyman, rabies, stalking the streets waiting to strike unprotected dogs and cats.

Is there rabies in this Country? You bet. Are there areas of this Country that have rabies in their wildlife population and do some dogs/cats become infected? You bet. But let's be realistic. Rabies has been on this earth long before man walked here and will be here long after we are gone. The only way to get rid of rabies is to remove mankind and the upper animals susceptible to the virus. Then maybe the virus will die off. It is a self limiting disease in the wild as it is fatal. So the virus has an extremely hard time spreading far and wide.

What is wrong with targeting those areas of the Country that have a problem with rabies using a realistic and specially formulated program that will protect the population at risk? Too logical and the special groups don't make any money. Why not educate the pet owner to the risks and dangers and let them decide whether the immune system damage from rabies vaccination is greater or lesser than contracting the disease. We do have a God given Constitutionally secured right to LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. Public health officials always have the right to mandate emergency health care procedures in case the public, in general does not respond properly. But why should every day, month and year be as if an emergency or crisis exists? And why should we have more and more control of our lives taken from us?

The vaccines, particularly rabies, are a political and economic scam being forced upon pet owners because they do not know the truth. Rabies, nationwide, is nowhere near the problem the veterinarians, media, politicians and bureaucrats would like you to believe. If you wish more of the truth go to your local city or county government building and look up the codes and statutes concerning vaccines and rabies. Get figures from local animal control for rabies in dogs, cats and wildlife in your area. Then you can start to fight back, take control of your life, and protect your pet from the only dreaded disease that is important--special interest groups pushing their program leading to vaccine induced damaged immune systems. Only you can set yourself free.

Current Veterinary Therapy by Kirk, the textbook bible for veterinarians in general, has an article on canine and feline vaccines by two researchers. Near the end of the article is a paragraph called Annual Vaccinations. It states "The practice of annual vaccinations lacks scientific validity or verification. There is no immunological requirement for annual vaccinations. The practice of annual vaccinations should be considered of questionable efficacy unless it is used as a mechanism to provide an annual physical examination or is required by law." Sure, if we can't manipulate you with annual vaccinations let's pass a law to get you into the office. Nice trick!

Well reader, it is your choice. I can only hope to stimulate you to look and go further. You don't have to take this suppression. Fight back. The only thing you have to lose is your freedom and you have already lost a great deal of it. I can fight with you but I can't do it alone.


Wow! Does he tell it like it is or what! Dr. Fudens can be contacted at the Affinity Holistic Clinic, 1171 Lakeview Road, Clearwater, Florida. Phone: (727) 446-3603.

 

PRICELESS
from and by Jim Schwartz, M.O.D.


· PRICE OF ANNUAL RABIES VACCINE TO VETERINARIAN - 61 CENTS

· PRICE OF ANNUAL RABIES VACCINATION & EXAM - $60-$70 YEARLY

· PRICE OF AUTO IMMUNE TREATMENT DUE TO OVER VACCINATION -$2000-$6000

· COST OF LOSS OF DOG DUE TO OVER VACCINATION CAUSING AUTO IMMUNE
DISEASE....PRICELESS


Monette Greska added to this:
Dear Jim,
Correction...
One of my clients just spent about 15,000.00 after wrapping up 4 weeks of vet bills from Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia. This hefty price DID include the final life-saving, "full blood transfusion." She will live and her human will likely never vaccinate again. The puppy was given a total of eight different disease vaccines within a three day period, at the tender age of 8 weeks.
Monette
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These people are witness to just some of the daily, horrific occurrences that thoughtful pet owners induce in their animals. Please study and research the effects of vaccines on young puppies and consider backing away from using them if you are seeing reactions in your dogs. Those reactions may occur within a short time or at a later stage and can be as minimal as a black gooey discharge in the ears to full-blown immune-mediated disease. If you can, experience has proven to wait until at least 12 weeks to begin vaccinating or you could consider no vaccines at all after initial puppy vaccinations. Additionally, skipping vaccines all together may prove very beneficial to some families of dogs. From my experience, this looks like a good choice worth exploring.

Jim Schwartz lost his dog to a deadly reaction to an annual rabies booster in Colorado. The veterinarian sent the card for the annual booster, even though the law had recently changed in Colorado to a three year booster requirement (spurred to change by reports from Colorado State Veterinary School). Jim Schwartz has since presented many investigations in Colorado and nationally and hopes to help pets and their owners avoid the fate he and his dog suffered while he was acting as a good citizen and loyal dog owner.

Permission to cross-post granted.

 

I agree, I was a groomer for 14 years, and after I became aware of the connection between vaccinations and chronic illness and temperament/emotional problems I realized that I did not have one single client out of approx. 250 that didn't have something chronic wrong with them. Ranging from mild, such  as weepy eyes, to extreme, such as seizures, blindness. Some of these poor dogs had conditions such as hypothyroid, chronic yeast, seizures, recurrent cystitis, itchy feet, rotten teeth all at the same time. But they got groomed
on a regular basis! These people love their dogs, but they refuse to make the connection between diet, vaccination, and chronic disease. They are following their vets advice to the letter, and getting positive strokes from the vet  for being such good pet guardians. I will never forget one cocker that had recurrent severe yeast in his ears. Vet prescribed everything in his arsenal and nothing kept it at bay. Finally, out of desperation they went to Dallas and had the inside of this dog's ears REMOVED, and when it was over there was no ear opening, just raise the flap and it was seamed shut. The yeast kept on coming, though! It was always swollen and sore around the ear scars, and he developed a yeasty bottom and paws. Finally a couple of years later this poor dog died of lymphoma. He was only five years old. He got regular vaccinations
during his whole life, and his immune system was destroyed by all the vax and meds and surgery. They sure weren't bad people, they LOVED that dog. They were absolutely devastated when he died. Of course that was before I knew what I know now, but looking back I see the connection.

Start asking all the people you know that have pets questions about their pets' health histories. How long their pets lived, what illnesses they had in their lives, when they were vax'd and when did illness present, what was their treatment, etc....Chances are good that you will be amazed at what you find out.

Laura H. I work with the public and since i am pet oriented the subject comes up a lot. I can't even begin to remember how many people have said the same thing that i have seen countless times here. That the pup had his parvo shot and them came down with parvo. I can see that some may have already been exposed
but there are so many that i have to believe that this particular vaccine may be especially dangerous. Especially to pups that have already had one multiple antigen shot. The pups immune system already compromised by poor diet and that puppy shot, Well, maybe it is just to much for the pup.

My breeder over in the UK, just lost 2 10 week old pups from parvo. they got their jab and one of them was given the virus from the vaccination and he gave it to the rest. It was truly horrible and to boot, her alopathic vet said that they realize that 10% of the puppies vaccinated are given the very disease by the vaccination. :( An Irish terrier that also got parvo is recovering and guess what....he didn't get a vaccination. It has been quite well established that when an animal gets the disease they have been vaccinated for, they get much sicker than an unvaccinated dog. I do not vaccinate my puppies. I got my GSD puppy from the breeder before she vaccinated him. So he has never had shots. He actually got very sick, vomiting and diarhea, but was fine. The other puppy he was playing with at the time, was vaccinated and became temporarily blind in both eyes. And my other puppy was vaccinated at the humane society with a 6 way and the vet gave her another 6 way when she went in for her acupuncture appointment(the vaccine was a mistake). Because she is half Rottweiler, the vet recommended parvo shots every six months, but we declined. After her second six way, she developed vaginitis which took us almost 6 months to get rid of homeopathically. My ten year old was vaccinated as a puppy and adolescent and he has chronic problems, physical and behavioral. Just really research the long term effects of all the chemicals in vaccines before making your decision, there is more than just the physical side effects to consider.

 

IF I had known what the shots would do to my dog I would NEVER have vaccinated her as a puppy. The reason why a lot of us have vaccinated our puppies, I think, is because we simply did not have the knowledge available to us at that time about the harmful effects of vaccination. I have a severely vaccine-damaged dog - she has SLE - systemic lupus erythematosis - which manifests itself as many different immune mediated diseases. To put it simply, her immune system tries to kill off her own cells in many different ways - and she is probably on steroids and immune suppressants for life now. she had puppy shots, one year old shots, two year old shots and the three year booster was the one that pushed her over the edge. Why oh why did I do it - because I did not know any better - its that simple.

If I had another pup, I would rely on that old thing called the immune system - natures own defence. I would rather take my chances with parvo, distemper etc than watch another of my dogs go through what Saffy has been through for the past year (and the strain on me having to nurse her through this again and again). It is a nightmare - it is not a disease as simple as parvo - vaccine damage can do all sorts, and is wwwaaaayyyy harder to cure than parvo. You cannot really cure vaccine damage - all you can do is suppress it and slowly slowly hope the body recovers.Its a lottery but I know which way I will be betting next time.My animals are now not vaccinated, they are raw fed and I have not used flea or worming products for over a year now - and the others are sooo healthy it's amazing. I have 3 cats who are always in and out - no fleas all last summer - that is pretty good don't you think. Anyway - I've gone on long enough - but please - I know you have had a dreadful experience, but bear in mind - the parvo could have been caused by the vaccine.
Best wishes,

 

http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/lifestyle/article/0,1426,MCA_521_1864182,00.html

Spot's annual shots: Necessity or tradition
Immunity can last years, expert says; over-vaccination may harm pet
By Cindy Wolff
wolff@gomemphis.com
April 6, 2003
For about eight weeks after he receives his annual vaccinations, Fred, a chocolate Labrador retriever, loses his coat and acts miserable. Owner Suzanne Walls says she hates to put him through that but he needs the inoculations. But some veterinary schools and vaccine experts are questioning the need for annual vaccinations for our pets and even say they can be harmful to some animals.

Information released last month from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says dogs and cats develop an immune response after their series of puppy and kitten vaccines and booster when they are 1-year-old that lasts for many years. It's similar to humans who get shots for measles, mumps and rubella as a child and then never get a booster.

"No one ever goes back and questions whether those immunizations are working 10 years later in a human," says Dr. Ronald Schultz, professor and chair of pathobiological sciences at the university. Schultz has spent 30 years studying the effectiveness of vaccinations in pets. He says that, as in humans, the immune system of dogs and cats fires up when a pathogen such as a virus enters the body. The pathogen releases a protein called an antigen, which calls the immune system's disease-fighting cells into action. These cells not only destroy the virus, they create a memory of what the virus looks like to fend it off in the future.

His conclusion: Immunity can last seven years or longer for the canine and feline core vaccines; therefore, annual vaccinations are unnecessary. Over-vaccination can cause skin problems, allergic reactions and autoimmune disease. Tumors have been reported at the vaccine site in some cats. Schultz says rabies vaccinations should be given every three years because that's what most state laws require, and any law that requires annual rabies shots should be changed. Canine vaccine guidelines will be in the April/May issue of Trends, the journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. The American Association of Feline Practitioners has previously published feline vaccination guidelines.

Many veterinarians use a three-year rabies vaccine, Schultz says, but still give it annually because pet owners come in for a series of shots anyway. Tennessee and local laws require pet owners to purchase a license tag annually for their dogs. Cats are not required to be licensed. Because the tag shows proof of the rabies inoculation, the shot typically is given annually. However, the state uses guidelines established by the American Veterinary Medical Association that say vaccines used in state and local rabies control programs should have a three-year duration of immunity. That means pet owners can provide a certificate that shows their pets' rabies shot is good for three years and they should just purchase a license. Keith Robinson, acting assistant manager for Shelby County rabies control, says his department recognizes the three-year vaccination if the pet owner has a certificate to prove the animal has received the shot in that time frame.

No domestic animal has been diagnosed with rabies in Shelby County in 40 years, he says. Some veterinarians may charge more for the three-year vaccination. The Health Department offers annual vaccinations each year at fire stations around the county for $8. But with the rabies debate settled by law, that leaves the question of the necessity of other vaccinations. The guidelines for canine and feline vaccines typically distinguish the vaccinations in two categories: core and noncore vaccinations.
Core vaccinations are the ones recommended for all dogs or cats. Noncore should be given only to animals at risk. Core vaccinations for dogs are:
Rabies
Distemper
Parvo
Canine adenovirus
In cats, the core vaccinations are:
Rabies
Feline panleukopenia (parvovirus or cat distemper)
Feline viral rhinotracheitis
Feline calicivirus infection
Noncore vaccines for dogs include nearly a dozen shots for illnesses such as leptospirosis, bordetella (kennel cough) or Lyme disease. Those shots should be given based on the region the animal lives in and its lifestyle, says Schultz. For instance, if the animal is boarded or groomed and exposed to other dogs, it should receive the kennel cough vaccine. As for cats, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine issued a report in 1998 that said cats should be inoculated with noncore vaccines for feline leukemia, feline infectious peritonitis, chlamydia and ringworm only after the pet's lifestyle has been carefully evaluated.
Some cats live their lives completely indoors and are rarely or never exposed to other cats or illnesses; therefore, they don't need noncore vaccines.

But while some veterinarians advocate customizing shot regimes to individual pets, others balk and say the risk of reaction to shots isn't worth the risk of getting the disease. Veterinarian Dr. David Hannon says he's treated lots of cases of parvo, distemper and other illnesses and he'd rather vaccinate his clients as a precaution. "We work in the trenches," says Hannon. "Parvo and distemper in dogs and upper respiratory infections in cats are real. I've seen a lot more animals who have these illnesses than I've seen animals react negatively to a vaccination." Schultz said if the guidelines are followed, the animal should be completelyprotected without over-vaccinating.

Also, another problem for the veterinarian lies with the pharmaceutical companies that sell the vaccines. Most of them put on their labels that a one-year booster is required, Hannon said. "As a veterinarian, I'm not supposed to advise my client to go against the labeled usage just because I don't think they need the shot," says Hannon. "If the animal gets sick, who will be blamed, the pharmaceutical company that said to boost annually or the vet who tells the owner don't bother?" But Schultz says the label is just a recommendation that was decided arbitrarily years ago.

Pfizer Animal Health has supported changes in the vaccination guidelines and believes the decision of how often and what vaccines to use should be left up to the veterinarians, said Robert Fauteux, a spokesman for Pfizer Animal Health.

He said Pfizer gave a $250,000 grant to Cornell University for a task force to study tumors in cats. "There are some cats that live their whole lives indoors and might not need the same antigens that an outdoor cat needs," said Fauteux. "We rely on the veterinarians to make that call." Hannon requires any cat or dog that visits his clinic to be vaccinated with several noncore vaccinations, including giardia and bordetella for dogs and giardia and upper respiratory infection for cats. Until labels change on products or he doesn't see the diseases in his regular practice, he will continue to require vaccinations for his patients, he says.

Veterinarian Dr. Gerald Black burn says the issue has been batted about among his peers for years. It began after veterinarians began noticing tumors developing at the injection site on some cats. The vets began to question whether it was the vaccine or the shot itself that might be causing the tumor. In determining whether to give yearly vaccinations, Black burn looks at the pet's lifestyle and what sort of exposure it faces. Walls, who rescues Labrador retrievers from shelters and other places, says she vaccinates her dogs because they are exposed to strays and foster dogs that can bring in all sorts of illnesses. But Pam Hampton, who lives in Tipton County, says after her Great Danes receive their puppy shots and first year booster, she doesn't vaccinate them again.

The five dogs have not developed illnesses and she believes they are healthier without all the vaccines and chemicals. She gets them tested to make sure their immune systems are still registering immunity against rabies and distemper. "It just doesn't make sense to give them those shots when they aren't necessary," says Hampton. Penny Webster, who rescues rottweilers for Serendipity Rottweiler Rescue in Huntsville, Ala., says her dogs get annual vaccinations until they are about seven or eight years old. From that point, she cuts back to every other year, except for rabies vaccinations, which the state requires to be given annually.

"I'm not willing to risk my dogs' lives," says Webster. "By the time they are 7 or 8, they aren't very active anymore anyway." Another concern among veterinarians is whether people will bring their pets in for annual checkups unless they are compelled by annual vaccinations. "Most of the tumors I've found on pets are during well-pet exams," says Blackburn. "They also need their teeth cleaned and just need to be looked at to make sure they are doing all right, just like a human." He said if you consider that dogs age at a rate of five to seven years faster than a human, missing an annual checkup is like a human not seeing a doctor for five years.

Schultz encourages pet owners to take their pets to veterinarians annually, but not just for shots. The annual visits may include vaccines and other things animals need such as routine teeth cleaning and heartworm preventative. "People who love their pets aren't just looking at the minor cost savings for vaccinations," said Schultz. "They are looking at their pets overall well-being and whether they really need the shots we are giving them."

 

Here is more articles on animal overvaccination:
http://www.hua.org/Important/vaccinations.html
http://www.srdogs.com/Pages/care.fr.html (see link to Colorado
University hospital)
http://www.holisticat.com/vaccinations.html
http://www.curezone.com/art/read.asp?ID=94&db=2&C0=735

 

IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: It’s not just children we vaccinate too often

There’s been plenty of debate about childhood vaccinations, but what about the shots we give to the family dog? The poor mutt can be in line for 16 different vaccines a year, although they ’re often given in one shot. They are supposed to offer protection against rabies, and various canine viral infections, along with other, milder, conditions such as Lyme disease.

But, as with our children, dogs can also develop side effects, such as skin rash, allergic reactions and autoimmune diseases. Cats that have been vaccinated have suffered even worse reactions, including the development of malignant tumors.

So are we vaccinating our pets too often and with too much? Canine vaccine experts in America believe that we are. Like humans, dogs could be vaccinated at an early age and be protected for life, instead of being given annual ‘top-up’ shots, they say. At the very least, the core vaccines, including rabies, should not be given more than once every three years.
 
(Source: Journal American Animal Hospital Association, 2003; 39: 119-31).

 

HI, everyone I don't post much ,but need to ask everyone to please pray for a friends little yorkie mix she was vaxed for kennel cough on Tuesday she started coughing to day my friend took her back to the vet who she it was a reaction to the kc vax and put her on some meds. This little dog has a heart problem well this evening she started acting as if she was having trouble breathing and her color was a bit off she was taken to the vet ER were she was admitted and put on Oxygen and iv meds they think she will make it , but are not sure she will make it thru the night, she is my friends baby she takes this dog every were please pray she will make it .
 

http://www.holisticat.com/vaccinations.html
Vaccination for Cats: Helpful or Harmful?

Vaccination is not as widely and unquestionably accepted today as it was in the past. Many pet guardians and veterinarians believe we have taken the concept much farther than its usefulness warrants. In twenty years of veterinary practice, I have made the transition from believing strongly in the protective power of vaccines to becoming continually more certain that they create at least as much illness as they have ever prevented. In truth, I now consider vaccination to be tantamount to animal abuse in most cases. This opinion has two main bases: First, vaccines often do not provide any protection. This may result from poor vaccine performance (as with  feline leukemia virus, feline infectious peritonitis virus, and ringworm vaccines), lack of risk (all vaccines at times, but particularly the above vaccines plus rabies), or simply lack of need (as with booster vaccination in almost all cases). Secondly, many vaccines actually induce illness that is much greater than that of the diseases that they are designed to prevent.

A further consideration is that vaccination weakens the strength of a population by allowing individuals to survive that otherwise would succumb to natural diseases; these diseases provide cleansing and strengthening for the population under normal conditions. The population is further weakened by immunosuppressive and possibly gene-damaging vaccine impacts. Vaccination likely provides protection from acute, contagious diseases by inducing chronic disease. This trade-off is not a good one and itself amounts to abuse.

Obviously there are several issues here that affect an immunization decision. Each is a separate factor with its own issues. I¹ll start with booster vaccinations, as this is the clearest area and one with little risk of error. Simply put, there is almost never a need for booster immunization. Once immunized, an animal, as with humans, is protected for life. Further vaccinations do not improve the immunity. The following quote, from Ron Schultz, Ph.D., and Tom Phillips, DVM, appeared in Current Veterinary Therapy XI in 1992 (This is a purely conventional textbook, and Drs. Schultz and Phillips are respected veterinary immunologists in the academic  community):

A practice that was started many years ago and that lacks scientific validity or verification is annual revaccinations. Almost without exception there is no immunologic requirement for annual revaccination. Immunity to viruses persists for years or for the life of the animal. Successful vaccination to most bacterial pathogens produces an immunologic memory that  remains for years, allowing an animal to develop a protective anamnestic (secondary) response when exposed to virulent organisms. Only the immune response to toxins requires boosters (e.g. tetanus toxin booster, in humans, is recommended once every 7-10 years), and no toxin vaccines are currently used for dogs and cats. Furthermore, revaccination with most viral vaccines fails to stimulate an anamnestic (secondary) response as a result of interference by existing antibody (similar to maternal antibody interference). The practice of annual vaccination in our opinion should be considered of questionable efficacy unless it is used as a mechanism to provide an annual physical examination or is required