Vaccination of pets is the most appropriate preventive method to avoid the appearance of various infectious diseases.
Respecting the vaccination schedule proposed by your veterinarian is of fundamental importance to achieve the full health of your pet in a safe and effective way. It is important that vaccines are always handled exclusively by the veterinarian; His professional qualifications and his experience give him the full capacity to handle the different vaccination strategies and adapt them to each specific animal.
MAIN DISEASES SUSCEPTIBLE TO BE AVOIDED THROUGH VACCINATION
Puppies at birth are not 100% protected. After breastfeeding and the antibodies it provides to allow correct immunization, we must start vaccination in time to allow correct immunization. However, before starting the vaccination schedule it is important that we deworm the puppy of possible parasites that may have been transmitted during pregnancy or during the lactation period.
This is because if the puppy is not dewormed it will not absorb all the nutrients and will not respond to the vaccines.
These are some of the diseases that you can prevent with a good vaccination schedule for your puppy:
DISTEMPER
Highly contagious disease caused by a virus (Morbillivirus) of the Paramixoviridae family that mainly affects unvaccinated puppies. Depending on the type of infection suffered, the response can be varied, generally, two types of symptoms are observed: respiratory and/or neurological.
PARVOVIROSIS
A disease caused by canine parvovirus type 2 that affects puppies and causes a highly contagious acute hemorrhagic enteritis. In adults who suffer from the infection, symptoms may not be appreciated, but in puppies and young animals, we find vomiting, hemorrhagic diarrhea, fever, or dehydration.
CANINE INFECTIVE HEPATITIS
A disease caused by canine adenovirus type 1 that has a clear preference for liver cells (hepatocytes).
LEPTOSPIROSIS
Disease caused by Leptospira interrogans, a bacterium. Leptospirosis can cause kidney and liver damage and coagulation problems with very varied symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, fever, bleeding ... It is also a zoonosis, that is, a disease that people can also suffer.
RAGE
Disease caused by a virus of the family Rhabdoviridae and the genus Lyssavirus. All species of warm-blooded animals are susceptible to infection with this virus.
In addition to these diseases, there are others for which effective vaccines are available, such as infectious tracheobronchitis, also known as Kennel Cough disease.
IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE
As we have told you before, each pet is different and you should always check with your veterinarian when to vaccinate and how many vaccines he needs.
An ideal calendar would be:
at a month and a half a first dose against parvovirus
at two months, apply the first dose of the polyvalent vaccine
at two and a half months the second dose of the polyvalent
from twelve weeks apply the rabies vaccine
Always remember to check with your veterinarian for the repetition of annual doses, internal deworming, and external deworming. 4 times a year may be enough for you to have your pet protected against the main infectious diseases, against external parasites, and against internal parasites.
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