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Complaint To The Texas Veterinary Board of Medical Examiners

Dear Board Members, I assert that the present practice of marketing of vaccinations by Veterinarians for companion animals without informed consent and where there is no benefit to the pet constitutes fraud by misrepresentation, fraud by silence, theft by deception, and undue influence. I allege this is a common practice on the part of over

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Duration of Immunity to Canine Vaccines

What We Know and Don’t Know Ronald D. Schultz, Professor and Chair Department of Pathobiological Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison It has been common practice since the development of canine vaccines in the late 1950’s to administer them annually. The recommendation to vaccinate annually was based on the assumption that immunity would

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New Principles of Immunology-Feline

Current Recommendations For Cats Feline injection site Fibrosarcoma is a type of terminal cancer related to inflammation caused by rabies and leukemia vaccines.(12) This cancer is thought to affect 1 in 20,000 cats vaccinated. Mean disease free interval  time or survival time with surgical removal is about 3 months. Mean survival time with surgical removal plus radiation treatment

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New Principles of Immunology-Canine

Immunity is not controlled entirely by antibody levels as we once thought. Immunity is controlled by memory cells. Memory cells are B and T lymphocytes. These are white blood cells which stand ready in the body to respond with protective antibodies when challenged by a disease agent. Memory cells, once programmed, persist for the lifetime of the

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Canine Vaccination Guidelines

The duration of immunity for vaccines for diseases like rabies, distemper, and parvovirus have been shown to be 7 years. More importantly it has been scientifically proven that, after the initial series, when vaccines are re-administered the immune status of the patient is not enhanced.  Antibodies from the initial vaccine block the subsequent vaccines from

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New Vaccination Protocols

Recent Advances in Immunology Because of dogs like “Katy”…. Katy developed Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia ( a disease where the body rejects its own blood) after her annual vaccinations. This syndrome has been shown to be associated with annual vaccinations.After 6 weeks of care the total bill was over $3000. Katy was lucky to survive. Less than

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Where being the advocate for your pet is our primary concern

With the prevailing recommendations, a 12 year old dog would receive vaccinations for 157 antigens in it’s lifetime. By omitting unnecessary vaccines like Lyme, Corona and Lepto and by following  the every three -year compromise recommended by the American Animal Hospital Association that number of antigens would be reduced to 32. Likewise the number of

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The Science Has Been Done

References are provided to support the following 1. Duration of Immunity studies on large numbers of animals  have been done. 2. Endogenous antibody interference with vaccines, blocks re-administered vaccines from enhancing immunity. 3. Dogs over 8 weeks of age do not develop any disease from canine corona virus 4. Dogs are at low risk of

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Conclusions

The practice of medicine is a continuously evolving entity of new knowledge and technology. Keeping abreast of the latest information requires a passionate commitment to continuing education. With over 100 hours of CE / year at such conferences as Western States Veterinary Conference, North American Veterinary Conference, the AVMA Conference, and Critical Care Society, I

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The History Of a Passion For Change

I am not in the habit of explaining myself. Here are the facts as I see them. I have done what I believe a Doctor of Medicine should do. I obtain over 100 hours of CE every year, including about four hours each year on vaccinations. I read peer reviewed journals, with what I believe