Text Box: GOOD HEALTH IS FOR LIFE My goal as a breeder has gone beyond the desire to produce healthy kittens. I’ve become compelled to educate people by sharing knowledge of veterinarians who are dedicated to keeping our pets healthy and active for life. My self worth as a breeder comes from placing my kittens & cats with people who share my desire to preserve good health through good nutrition, natural supplements, and a clean non-toxic environment instead of trying to sustain good health through vaccinations. Text Box: Titer Testing Explained by Will Falconner An Incomplete Test How is titer testing a mistake? It only measures one fraction of the entire immune response: the antibodies produced against a particular organism. While their presence indicates protection, there is no reason for the immune system to keep producing antibodies against an invader forever, so, over time, these levels of antibody will wane. The fight is finished, there’s no more invader showing up, so there’s no need to keep a titer high. What is not measured by the titer test is any part of the cell-mediated immunity, especially the memory cells. Meanwhile, Lurking in the Shadows … So, while antibody levels will wane over time, these long-lived memory cells lie quietly in the recesses of the immune system, awaiting further signals that the invader is back. It is these cells that are responsible for the duration of immunity that cannot be measured by a titer test. So, if you want to measure titers, do so intelligently. If you have vaccinated a puppy who may have been too young to respond to the vaccine, a titer test could tell you if immunity is present. A previously vaccinated adult dog who has a gradual falling titer over the years very likely still has immunity from the memory cells, so don’t forget that a titer test won’t show this immunity. Carolina Mink Ragdolls Diamond: CMRText Box: Specializing in Dilute Ragdoll Kittens Text Box: Please send an email to MinkRagdolls@outlook.com OR Call or Text (843) 608-6028 This web page was updated Saturday, August 12, 2014 Text Box: Please send an email to MinkRagdolls@outlook.com OR Call or Text (843) 608-6028 Text Box: SELECTING YOUR VETERNARIAN By Catherine O’Driscoll Text Box: IMPLEMENTING A VACCINE SCHEDULE What’s the best approach? Dr Jean Dodds, who works closely with Dr Ronald Schultz, has outlined a schedule for minimal vaccinations which is great for pets, but will protect them from autoimmune diseases. 2013 & 2014 Feline Vaccination Protocol — W. Jean Dodds DVM Dr, Jean Dodds has also written a number of scientific paper to correlate MLV vaccines and a rise in immune– and blood-medicated diseases such as cancer, leukemia, autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, thyroid disease, and Addison’s. Once, then Done: Vaccination: Efficacy by Will Falconner: Vaccines confer long-lived immunity ( high efficacy) Vaccination repeated in the face of existing immunity doesn’t work (low/no efficacy) Rabies is complicated by human health laws If you have a vaccinated animal, I advise not re-vaccinating Why not? For safety reasons. But it’s the law: Vaccination: Rabies by Will Falconner Is my animal vaccinated against rabies already? If so, have I fulfilled the intent of the law to protect humans from my pet giving them rabies? If immunology shows a long lasting immunity to this viral vaccine, is it in my best interest or my pet’s best interest to continue following this law? Does anyone go door to door to check on my animals’ rabies vaccine status> If I choose not to vaccinate reportedly for rabies, am I putting my animal at risk if he bites someone? And What will more vaccines do to my sick pet? For years I’ve been advising people not to let vats vaccinate their sick animals or animals having surgery. Will Falconner says “Get a vaccine waiver if your pet has an chronic or recurring medical condition.” Vaccination Waver “So, take a stand if your animal is not well, and you are faced with people wanting to vaccinate “off label.” You will do this animal a huge favor, and you have no less than the USDA on your side.” Dr. Will Falconner, DVM Any illness will do!
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