Comments on: The “new parvo” scare: Interview with Dr. Melissa Kennedy http://www.petconnection.com/blog Blogging by a team of pet-care experts. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phyllis Rayca http://www.petconnection.com/blog/parvo-kennedy/comment-page-1/#comment-491118 Phyllis Rayca Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:58:30 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/parvo-kennedy/#comment-491118 In Dr. Kennedy's defense (I am not affiliated with her, nor do I know her), this interview is dated February 2008, so it's entirely possible that things have changed since she first made her comments. She did specifically state: "There are a lot of factors that impact protection, including the individual animal’s immune response, challenging dose of the “real virus” that the dog was exposed to, concurrent immunosuppressive conditions in the dog, etc. IF, and it’s a big IF, we start to see many adults, well-vaccinated, contracting parvo, then the alarm bells should go off." In Dr. Kennedy’s defense (I am not affiliated with her, nor do I know her), this interview is dated February 2008, so it’s entirely possible that things have changed since she first made her comments. She did specifically state:
“There are a lot of factors that impact protection, including the individual animal’s immune response, challenging dose of the “real virus” that the dog was exposed to, concurrent immunosuppressive conditions in the dog, etc. IF, and it’s a big IF, we start to see many adults, well-vaccinated, contracting parvo, then the alarm bells should go off.”

]]> By: Christie Keith http://www.petconnection.com/blog/parvo-kennedy/comment-page-1/#comment-490238 Christie Keith Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:05:41 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/parvo-kennedy/#comment-490238 Thom, how did these vets determine it was CPV-2c? Thom, how did these vets determine it was CPV-2c?

]]> By: Thom "Swanny" Swan http://www.petconnection.com/blog/parvo-kennedy/comment-page-1/#comment-490236 Thom "Swanny" Swan Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:51:49 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/parvo-kennedy/#comment-490236 I'm afraid I'm have to disagree a bit with Dr. Kennedy regarding effectiveness of parvo vaccines against CPV-2c. Several sled dog kennels in central Alaska have been hit by a truly devastating enteritis identified by at least 2 different vets as being CPV-2c. In our kennels, roughly 80 to 85% of the dogs in the infected kennels actually contracted the disease, regardless of their vaccination status. The majority of kennels which have been impacted are those of racing teams, who are still required by racing organizations to vaccinate against parvo on an annual schedule. Having seen so many athletic dogs in excellent health and physical condition that are properly vaccinated and managed by knowledgeable owners coming down with an enteritis that has our local vets convinced is CPV-2c, I have to question the efficacy of traditional parvovirus vaccines against this particular strain. Maybe it IS time for the "alarm bells" to go off. Thom "Swanny" Swan Stardancer Historical Freight Dogs Kennel Two Rivers, Alaska I’m afraid I’m have to disagree a bit with Dr. Kennedy regarding effectiveness of parvo vaccines against CPV-2c. Several sled dog kennels in central Alaska have been hit by a truly devastating enteritis identified by at least 2 different vets as being CPV-2c. In our kennels, roughly 80 to 85% of the dogs in the infected kennels actually contracted the disease, regardless of their vaccination status. The majority of kennels which have been impacted are those of racing teams, who are still required by racing organizations to vaccinate against parvo on an annual schedule.

Having seen so many athletic dogs in excellent health and physical condition that are properly vaccinated and managed by knowledgeable owners coming down with an enteritis that has our local vets convinced is CPV-2c, I have to question the efficacy of traditional parvovirus vaccines against this particular strain. Maybe it IS time for the “alarm bells” to go off.

Thom “Swanny” Swan
Stardancer Historical Freight Dogs Kennel
Two Rivers, Alaska

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