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==When do we vaccinate?==

==When do we vaccinate?==

[[Image:Colostrum Intake.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Colostrum Intake - Copyright Prof Dirk Werling DrMedVet PhD MRCVS]]

[[Image:Colostrum Intake.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Colostrum Intake - Copyright Prof Dirk Werling DrMedVet PhD MRCVS]]

[[Image:Vaccinating puppies with Parvo.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Response to vaccination against canine parvovirus depending on antibody titre of puppies - Copyright Prof Dirk Werling DrMedVet PhD MRCVS]]

[[Image:Vaccinating puppies with Parvo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Response to vaccination against canine parvovirus depending on antibody titre of puppies - Copyright Prof Dirk Werling DrMedVet PhD MRCVS]]

*Usually when animals are young

*Breeding females can be vaccinated so that immunity is passively transfered to their offspring via the [[Materno-Fetal Immunity - Introduction#Passive transfer via colostrum|colostrum]] - this protects neonates for the first 8-12 weeks of life.

*Breeding females so immunity is passed to offspring via the [[Materno-Fetal Immunity - Introduction#Passive transfer via colostrum|colostrum]]

*Vaccination of young animals should be when the natural passive immunity decreases below the threshold for providing protection. Active immunity should then be stimulated so that the animal has sustained protection. If vaccination is given too early, the natural immunity can interfere with immunisation by binding and neutralising the vaccine antigens.

**Protects neonates for the first 8-12 weeks of life

*Vaccination of young animals should be when the natural passive immunity decreases below the threshold for providing protection. Active immunity should then be stimulated so that the animal has constant protection. The vaccination should not be given too early, as the natural immunity can interfere with immunisation by binding and neutralising the vaccine antigens.

*Two vaccines are usually given to allow for differences between individual animals in the time taken for any natural immunity to decrease.

 

*2 vaccines are usually given to allow for differences between neonates, as the point where natural immunity decreases and active immunity needs to be stimulated, will differ between littermates and between different animals

===Dog Vaccinations===

===Dog Vaccinations===

 

Diseases routinely covered by vaccination include:

'''Diseases covered by Vaccination'''

*Canine [[Parvoviridae|Parvovirus]]

*Canine [[Parvoviridae|Parvovirus]]