04/12/2020
DO YOU KNOW WHAT A TITER TEST IS?
Shockingly, many pet owners have no idea!
A titer test (pronounced tight-errr) is a laboratory or in-house veterinary test measuring the existence and level of antibodies (necessary to fight off disease) in your petâs blood. Basically, itâs a test that will tell you whether or not you actually need to vaccinate your pet.
Itâs also super useful when making a decision about vaccinating a pet with an unknown vaccination history, or for determining if pets have received immunity from vaccination.
Why is this so important?
Because of what can happen if you over-vaccinate your pet! âVaccinosisâ, the name for the chronic disease, is caused by continued use of vaccines. These symptoms mimic the original disease in parts.
According to the guide "Canine Nutrigenomics" by world-renowned veterinarian immunologist Dr. Jean Dodds and Diana R. Laverdure:
âVaccines have achieved many important benefits for companion animals, including:
â˘Saved more animals' lives than any other medical advance.
â˘Significantly reduced canine distemper, hepatitis and parvovirus.
â˘Significantly reduced feline pan leukopenia.
â˘Eliminated rabies in Europe.
However after spending many years monitoring the results of vaccinosis, those in the animal healthcare field now have a duty to re-examine and improve the current vaccine protocols for the health and safety of their patients. This is especially true for animals with compromised immune systems, since vaccines represent one more stressor that could prove to be the tipping point between health and disease.
Side effects from dog vaccinations can occur anywhere from instantly up to several weeks or months later. Vaccines can even cause susceptibility to chronic diseases that appear much later in a dogâs life (Dodd, 2001).
Severe and fatal adverse reactions include:
â˘Susceptibility to infections.
â˘Neurological disorders and encephalitis.
â˘Aberrant behavior, including unprovoked aggression.
â˘Vaccines are linked to seizures. Distemper, parvovirus, rabies and, presumably, other vaccines have been linked with poly neuropathy, a nerve disease that involves inflammation of several nerves. (Dodds,2001) â
Remember: there is a huge difference between ânot vaccinatingâ and over-vaccinating your pet. Unfortunately some are very quick to pull the âAnti-Va###er triggerâ these days, the second a vaccine article is released.
Rodney Habib