Vaccination for your pet
VACCINATIONS FOR YOUR DOG
What diseases do we vaccinate against in the UK?
CANINE PARVOVIRUS
A hardy virus that can survive for long periods in the environment.
Caused major epidemics in the 1970's and remains widespread in pockets throughout the UK. Usually fatal.
CANINE DISTEMPER (HARD PAD)
Another severe, usually fatal disease, causes multi organ failure.
INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS
Still exists in the UK, although now rare due to the success of ongoing vaccination programmes. Often fatal.
LEPTOSPIROSIS
Contracted from the urine of rats and/or other dogs. Rivers and waterways can be contaminated, and forms of the disease are widespread in the UK.
Can also cause severe disease in humans (Weil's disease).
INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS
Extremely unpleasant whooping cough-like infection, usually transmitted in places where dogs gather together (kennels, shows, dog training clubs etc).
It is rarely life-threatening, but can cause severe airway damage.
RABIES
Fatal disease, not found in the UK. Vaccination is required if your dog is travelling abroad.
There is no satisfactory treatment for many of these serious diseases, which can kill your pet. In the absence of vaccination, or if the interval between vaccinations is too great, your pet may be unprotected against fatal disease. If you are in doubt as to whether your pet is properly protected please contact the office.
VACCINATIONS FOR YOUR CAT
FELINE PANLEUCOPAENIA INFECTION
This is a disease that causes severe and fatal gastroenteritis. Vaccination provides a high level of long-lasting protection.
FELINE RESPIRATORY VIRUS INFECTION
Commonly known as cat flu. A common disease in unvaccinated cats causing severe "cold-like" symptoms.
FELINE CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION
A particular problem in colony cats. Chlamydophilosis is a bacterial infection causing painful inflammation and swelling of the conjunctiva (memberane around the eye).
FELINE LEUKAEMIA VIRUS
A viral disease, transmitted in the blood or saliva when cats fight each other - or even during grooming. Can take several months/years to develop after infection but then begins to suppress the cat's immune system, causing secondary infections, tumours and death. Not long ago, feline leukaemia was both widespread and common, but vaccination is now gradually bringing it under control.
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