Vaccination is a cornerstone of canine preventive healthcare and one of the most cost-effective ways of maintaining a dog's health, longevity, and quality of life. It serves a public health function by forming a barrier against several zoonotic diseases affecting dogs and humans. And vaccination...
Define core vs non-core vaccines and understand the rationale of recommendations made by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Canine Vaccination Guidelines. Lifestyle Vaccines Learn about the causative agents of canine infectious respiratory disease complex (CIRDC), leptospirosis, and Lyme dise...
Leptospirosis.The AAHA strongly suggests we consider Lepto vaccination for most dogs in North America. This echoes the2010 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Consensus Guidelines on Leptospirosiswhich state the vaccine may be considered core in geographic locations where infections occ...
There is nothing revolutionary or earth-shattering in the new guidelines, and they will undoubtedly not satisfy the concerns of those with deep anxieties or objections to routine vaccination practices. The recommendations are very similar to previous versions, and there will be few cha...
The California Highway Patrol today announced the graduation and deployment of nine new canine teams. After months of intensive training, the teams were certified during a ceremony at the Canine Training Facility on the CHP Academy grounds.
The age, sex, breed, and vaccination status of all participants and the treatment received are described in Table 1. The age (months) of the puppies in the Conventional treatment (CT) + Vehicle (V) group was 3.1 ± 0.9, and that of subjects in CT + Immunomodulator (I) ...
BACKGROUND:An understanding of root canal morphology is vital for successful endodontic treatment. However, variations in the root canal system of permanent canines, especially in relation to population-based diversity, are not well-documented. This stud
Canine Vaccination Guidelines in IsraelHarrus, S.Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine
The article reports on the move of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) to update its 2006 canine vaccination guidelines in an attempt to provide information on vaccines available in the U.S.EBSCO_AspJournal of the American Veterinary Medical Association...