World’s First Vaccine Against Canine Flu is Announced
The first vaccine against canine influenza virus (CIV) has been announced following the grant a conditional product license by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), for use by veterinarians in the United States.
“Canine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory infection that has a significant impact on dogs housed in shelters, kennels and communal facilities,” said Cynda Crawford, D.V.M., Ph.D., University of Florida, Clinical Assistant Professor of Shelter Medicine. “The availability of a vaccine can help prevent the medical, financial and emotional costs associated with this new virus.”
Item published in association with Vet Gazette
Canine influenza was first identified in the United States in 2004. Since then, CIV has continued to spread and has now been detected in dogs in 30 states and the District of Columbia, according to Dr. Crawford and Edward J. Dubovi, Ph.D., Professor of Virology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, two of the nation’s leading experts on Canine H3N8 who have been tracking the disease since 2004.
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Great – Another BS vaccine that dogs don’t need but us pet owners will be forced to have our dogs endure in order for them to be able socialize with other dogs!
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Mercia Nitzsche Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I agree, pet welfare is going from the ridiculous to the absurd. Instead of educating humans on natural living, which will benefit both animals and humans, the usual human response is that of over exertion and with results that lead to nowheresville. Attached with the label that screams, ‘disaster’ pending. It is like China where only one child per family was allowed, preferably a boy, so let’s kill the girl.
More rules and regulations merely encourage black market activities. People will do what they want to do and there is not a Law that can stop that. Nature is as it is, no human can intervene. Endless neutering will lead to dogs becoming extinct. Supervised breeding leads to exploitation by those who are money grabbers. People scream puppy farms, but who designed these puppy farms? The Economy and modern chemical interventions. Rural Farming is being destroyed and puppies became the commodity of the day. Supply and demand is what drives the economy.
A healthy immune system has its own defense mechanism. None of my animals are inoculated and I have raised 6 generations without problems. Imagine, without the Red Zone cases, Ceasar Milan will be without a job. Life is as is and I do not choose to live in a germ free society. Cruelty and neglect is addressed by education, like AIDS. People were taught to use a condom, they were not told to refrain from having sex.
All these unnatural rules and regulations can only end up in disaster. Who pays the price? The dogs of course.
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