Please contact a full service veterinary hospital for further assistance. Toggle navigation. Why Vaccinate Your Pet? Donate Now. Donate Help give animals the life they deserve. Adopt Save a life today and add to your family. Volunteer Help at the clinic or foster some furry friends. It can be caused by bacterial, viral, or other infections, such as Bordetella and canine parainfluenza, and often involves multiple infections simultaneously.
In rare cases, it can be deadly. It is easily spread between dogs kept close together, which is why it passes quickly through kennels.
Antibiotics are usually not necessary, except in severe, chronic cases. Cough suppressants can make a dog more comfortable. Unlike most diseases on this list, Leptospirosis is caused by bacteria, and some dogs may show no symptoms at all. Leptospirosis can be found worldwide in soil and water.
It is a zoonotic disease, meaning that it can be spread from animals to people. When symptoms do appear, they can include fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, severe weakness and lethargy, stiffness, jaundice, muscle pain, infertility, kidney failure with or without liver failure.
Antibiotics are effective, and the sooner they are given, the better. Lyme disease or borreliosis is an infectious, tick-borne disease caused by a type of bacteria called a spirochete.
Transmitted via ticks, an infected dog often starts limping, his lymph nodes swell, his temperature rises, and he stops eating. The disease can affect his heart, kidney, and joints, among other things, or lead to neurological disorders if left untreated. If diagnosed quickly, a course of antibiotics is extremely helpful, though relapses can occur months or even years later. Parvo is a highly contagious virus that affects all dogs, but unvaccinated dogs and puppies less than four months of age are at the most risk to contract it.
The virus attacks the gastrointestinal system and creates a loss of appetite, vomiting, fever, and often severe, bloody diarrhea. Extreme dehydration can come on rapidly and kill a dog within to hours, so prompt veterinary attention is crucial.
There is no cure, so keeping the dog hydrated and controlling the secondary symptoms can keep him going until his immune system beats the illness. Rabies is a viral disease of mammals that invades the central nervous system, causing headache, anxiety, hallucinations, excessive drooling, fear of water, paralysis, and death. It is most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. Treatment within hours of infection is essential, otherwise, death is highly likely. Most states require regular rabies vaccinations.
Check with your vet about rabies vaccination laws and requirements in your area. Of course, your veterinarian should weigh in and can always provide more information and guidance if needed on necessary and optional vaccinations.
The first thing to know is that there is not just one puppy vaccination schedule for all dogs. Some dogs do not need every vaccine. This decision is between you and your veterinarian. Always discuss puppy vaccinations at your regularly scheduled appointments. That said, here is a generally accepted guideline of the puppy vaccination schedule for the first year.
How much vaccinations for your puppy will cost depends on several factors. Where you live is one: Veterinarians in crowded and expensive urban areas will charge more than a rural vet in a small town. In other words, there are significant differences in price.
There is a difference of opinion about having your adult dog vaccinated every year. Some vets believe too many vaccinations in adult dogs pose health risks. Vaccination is highly effective at protecting dogs from this illness and all dogs that are able to be vaccinated should receive canine infectious hepatitis vaccinations.
Parainfluenza is a virus that causes respiratory infections in dogs. All dogs that are able to be vaccinated should receive parainfluenza vaccine as part of their vaccination regime.
This highly contagious viral disease is a well-known cause of gastrointestinal disease and death in many dogs. It is especially lethal to young dogs or those with inadequate immune systems.
Because there is no specific cure, treatment is primarily intensive in-hospital nursing and supportive care. Vaccination can be highly effective at reducing the disease. Canine parvovirus vaccination should be included in the vaccination regime of all dogs that are able to receive vaccinations.
This contagious viral disease causes intestinal illness that can be mild or severe, and has been associated with death, especially in young puppies. It is especially dangerous if it infects a dog at the same time as canine parvovirus. As with the other viral diseases, there is no specific therapy that eliminates the virus. Animals are treated with supportive and nursing care. It is often included in the vaccinations given to young dogs, as well as older animals. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that can cause several problems, including liver and kidney disease.
The illness may be acute or chronic, inapparent or severe, and can cause death. The bacteria exist in many different subtypes, called serovars. Several of these serovars are known to cause disease in dogs.
Most available vaccines protect against two of these serovars, L. A few vaccines protect against two additional serovars, L. It is important to read the vaccine label carefully to identify which serovars are present in the vaccine. Although vaccination against leptospirosis is very important for many dogs, not all dogs should receive this vaccine. Discuss the use of leptospirosis vaccine with your veterinarian.
The various combination vaccines have numbers and groups of letters to describe the vaccines present in each product. Because many manufacturers make similar types of vaccine, you may find more than one brand of each combination vaccine.
During production, vaccines are put together in different combinations to meet the needs of all types of dogs in all types of situations.
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