Nosodes/Titers

[Newfs Forever]

What have you folks done when titers have read a "tad" bit less than what is the accepted number?

Have you continued to use nosodes, or have you vaccinated?

TIA,

 

[sarnewfie]

when i titered emmett when he was on nosodes, we found his number way to low to be comfortable with not vaccinating.
i vacc. every three years for the dist

 

[Leslie]

Depends on how low it is and which antibody it's testing. Here, distemper is crazy bad in our raccoon population. If the titer low, I would probably vaccinate. Now for Parvo, nope. I'd ride it out. Besides rabies, those are the only vaccinations I do so the rest, I don't even care about.

 

[Newfs Forever]

It's what you would call borderline. It is the parvo. About 2/10 below the lowest level of "acceptable".

I titer for the parvo and distemper only. The only reason I vaccinate for rabies is because the State of NH will not accept an exemption from vets. And I have to license them in our town each year with proof of rabies vaccs.

 

[Ivoryudx]

Typically if its low, I vaccinate for it, because we travel so much. Being that its summer, I would probably vaccinate for it even if we weren't traveling. IF, I were not going anywhere, and IF it was the winter where things are not as common, I would probably wait 6 months and either titer again or vaccinate.

 

[Leslie]

Although dogs CAN get parvo, the majority of the cases are puppies up to 6 months of age. Just my opinion. I know most like to "play it safe" and just vaccinate but I don't. If there was NO antibody, I might but just low, nope.

But then, I don't give antibiotics preventatively or worm or flea prevention or any of those things. If they don't need it, they don't get it. Just my opinion.

 

[Leslie]

Forgot to add, have another titer run in 3 months and it will probably be up. Mine titer high for hepatitis and they have NEVER been given a hep vaccination. It's part of the titer package the vet runs (I guess a lot of the dog parks ask for that).