judy
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Here is a link to an article in the current issue of Animal Wellness magazine about the problem of overvaccination for rabies and the proposed rabies challenge study that would provide evidence needed in order to change federal and state rabies vaccination laws which mandate unnecessary potentiallly harmful rabies shots.
if i understand right, a challenge study means that they vaccinate puppies, then over a period of 5 to 7 years, they expose the puppies to virulent strains of rabies without any further booster vaccinations, to see if they continue to be immune to the disease just from the effect of the original puppy rabies shot. They report in this article that such a study was done in France showing that immunity following one vaccination lasted at least 5 years (when the study ended), but the US legislators don't accept that research so that is the reason for the proposed US rabies challenge study, which will be done according to government guidelines so that it will be accepted as valid evidence. Then there would be hope to end laws that require pets to be overexposed to this toxic substance. The article reports that it's a neurotoxin which is capable of causing neurological damage to vaccinated animals--certainly a good reason to be sure your vet gives the shot in an area away from the spinal cord.
http://www.animalwellnessmagazine.com/m/m86/main.htm
if i understand right, a challenge study means that they vaccinate puppies, then over a period of 5 to 7 years, they expose the puppies to virulent strains of rabies without any further booster vaccinations, to see if they continue to be immune to the disease just from the effect of the original puppy rabies shot. They report in this article that such a study was done in France showing that immunity following one vaccination lasted at least 5 years (when the study ended), but the US legislators don't accept that research so that is the reason for the proposed US rabies challenge study, which will be done according to government guidelines so that it will be accepted as valid evidence. Then there would be hope to end laws that require pets to be overexposed to this toxic substance. The article reports that it's a neurotoxin which is capable of causing neurological damage to vaccinated animals--certainly a good reason to be sure your vet gives the shot in an area away from the spinal cord.
http://www.animalwellnessmagazine.com/m/m86/main.htm