16/10/2023
A vet just posted an add recommending the use of the lept 4 vaccine please please read the following dont let vets line there pockets at the cost of your pet.
Lepto 4: Probably the most controversial vaccinations currently given to dogs.
It is the one that is generally given annually rather than every three to four years as is the case with the normal core vaccines Distemper, Parvovirus, and Canine Hepatitis, DPH
Were you aware that annual vaccinations for these core diseases were changed in 2010? (1) Annual Dog Vaccination Dangers
It is believed that the reported side effects and dramatic reactions to the Lepto 4 vaccine are massively underreported and the figures are further distorted by lumping them together with the core vaccines. Leptospirosis has NOT been a notifiable disease in dogs since 2010. Yet Leptospirosis also known as Weil’s disease in humans is.
How Leptospirosis is Transmitted:�Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection that has over 250 serovars Leptospirosis affects dogs, most mammals and humans and is what is called Zoonotic, which means it can be transmitted across species so we can give it to other mammals and mammals can pass it on to us.
It is worldwide but is most prevalent in warm wet and humid countries that experience heavy rainfall. Think monsoon countries like India, Thailand, or The Amazon.
The bacteria can be found in puddles, stagnant water, and moist soil that has been infected by the urine of an infected animal. Leptospirosis is also transmitted by drinking infected water, through open wounds and through mucus membranes like the eyes and nose.
The commonest mammals for transmitting this disease are rodents though any mammal can transmit or catch it.
Leptospirosis also called Weil’s disease is rare in the UK. In humans, there are only on average 50 cases a year and it is not common in dogs regardless of what your Vet tells you. There are no vaccines for humans. (2) Animal Welfare Report
Treatment:�Leptospirosis is easily treated. Doxycycline is the antibiotic of choice and has the ability, even in renal compromise, to effectively rid the urinary tract of Leptospira infection. Doxycycline can be safely administered to dogs with renal insufficiency and will clear the organism from the kidneys, making it effective in both the infection in blood and urine
The veterinary surgeon and the client should discuss and agree a vaccination programme for an individual animal.
This should be based on the local epidemiological situation and risk of leptospirosis, balanced with the potential risks as outlined in the SPC. “
“Careful consideration should be given to whether the additional protection provided by vaccines containing four strains of Leptospira versus those containing two is necessary in each individual dog, depending on their individual circumstances.
“Dogs that travel from the UK to mainland Europe where there is a known risk of infection with Bratislava and Grippotyphosa should be vaccinated with all four strains.”
This is not happening. Vets are vaccinating dogs with Lepto 4 whatever age and whether they intend to take the dogs abroad in the next 12 months or not. That begs the question why are they exposing our dogs to known reactive vaccines that are unnecessary and frankly dangerous and why are they not following the VMD Directions. Has your Vet ever discussed this with you? Here is the (3) VMDs Advise on the Government website.
Lepto 2 and Lepto 4:�Lepto2 vaccine has a less aggressive reaction than Lepto4, which suggests that either Lepto 3 or Lepto 4 are the culprits regarding these increased adverse reactions. Though Lepto 2 also has numerous reactivity problems.
Research tells me that the L3 part has never been found in the UK and L4 serovars are also not normally found in the UK. If that is the case then at least one quarter or even half of the L4 highly reactive vaccine is totally unnecessary.
That begs the question why are we vaccinating against serovars that are not endemic to the UK. The L3 carrier is a vole that has never been seen in the UK.
The leptospirosis vaccines are made by Nobivac MSD animal health, a subsidiary of Merck. a multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical company. I wrote to MSD 3 weeks ago they told me they would get back to me within 24 hours on why they are marketing a controversial vaccine in the UK when one half of it is either incredibly rare or totally none existent. I wrote again. The silence is deafening. So I wrote again and still nothing. This is their email address [email protected].
