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Vaccinations
 Preventive
health care is one of our strongest weapons in the fight
against disease and we achieve this, in part, through routine
vaccination and regular physical
examinations.
Vaccinations
provide immunity from certain diseases. This is done by
introducing a vaccine into the body, either orally, nasally,
or by injection. The vaccine activates and stimulates the
body’s immune system, causing it to be especially vigilant
against future attack by the indicated infectious disease.
At the Chastain Veterinary
Medical Group hospitals, we have devised a rotating 3-year
vaccination schedule. This
is
based on
recent scientific data, which indicates that dogs and cats
probably don’t really need to be vaccinated against certain
disease, every 6 to 12 months, as we did in the past.
Our vaccination schedule may
be a little different from that in use elsewhere, but is
in accordance with vaccination protocol in use at some
of the most prestigious veterinary teaching hospitals in
the country. And we're proud to say we've never had a vaccine
break with our rotating 3-year vaccination schedule.
Where cats are concerned,
our rotating 3-year vaccination schedule also follows the
recommendations of the American
Association of Feline Practitioners.
Another advantage of 3-year
vaccinations compared to the old fashioned annual method
is cost saving. However, we won’t
compromise on quality. At the Chastain Veterinary
Medical Group hospitals we only use the very
best quality vaccines available. For cats for example,
we use only non-adjuvenated vaccines whenever possible
to lessen the threat of vaccine associated cancers. Yes!
They do cost a little more but we have never felt that
doing things cheap was as important as doing things right.
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