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    RE: [RC] Early Signs of WNV - Dolores Arste


    Years ago, when Parvo first hit the dog world, it was a major challenge to
    puppies with many deaths. Ft Dodge came out first with a recommendation to
    vaccinate with Cat Parvo and then they developed a killed vaccine. Now, of
    course, we have a live and very effective vaccine.
    
    Having been one of the kennels very hard hit. Schipperkes are very
    susceptible at about 5 weeks when they are really small and not able to
    fight well we learned a lot of things.
    
    The first is that any vaccine was better than none. We had an almost 100%
    death rate before the vaccine.
    
    And, second, there is no harm in vaccinating with killed vaccine even in the
    face of the virus. A killed virus does not create virus.  There is some
    anecdotal evidence that says if you vaccinate with a killed virus in the
    face of a challenge you trick the body into thinking it is sicker than it
    really is and cause it to fight harder. Again, this is only anecdotal
    evidence, but we did in vaccinate with a booster even in the face of an
    active onslaught which saved a good 50% of our puppies.
    
    Dolores
    
    
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