Kennel cough

Re: Kennel cough

Sally Howe — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:47:52 GMT

As I show my dogs they are vaccinated every year without fail.

It surprises me on some of the "breed specific" forums how they slag off people coz their dog got KC at a show. The few of us who do vaccinate always comment along the lines of "well we were at ***** show and ours are all ok. But then we do vaccinate against KC!" They soon shut up

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Katie Drew — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:53:38 GMT

I agree, I live on the south coast and there is lots around at the moment. My dog had it three times last year! So I vaccinate against it every year now.

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:56:02 GMT

Seem to have a lot of kc about at the moment

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Hannah Lowe — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:00:03 GMT

Dogs continue to remain infectious even after the coughing has stopped so the phrase "its when they're more infectious" is bollox - just because they're showing an outward sign, doesn't mean to say they're more infectious. Dogs can be carriers of Lepto but most of them aren't walking around yellow - we routinely vaccinate against that!!

Not sure whether this was directed to my post or not? We push Kennel cough for every dog at our practice along with routine vaccinations. As kennel cough or infectious bronchitis is partly an air born infection then actually it is more infectious when they are coughing. We advise clients that their dog will continue to be infectious up to 12 weeks post infection but how many clients are realistically going to keep their dogs in for 3 months? Any advise on how to advise clients and help contain infections?

Thanks

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Busy bee — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:38:55 GMT

We see a fair few cases of 'kennel cough' - had one dog in last week and it was really bad! Poor thing. We offer clients the kennel cough vacc (for their dogs - not them!), with the yearly booster vacc at a reduced fee. Touch wood, we have had no bad reactions so far. We use Nobivac.

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sun, 09 May 2010 10:54:00 GMT

We dont see a lot of it either, a few years back one of the local kennels had an outbreak, but apart from that you barely see any to be honest.

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Vicky RVN — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:12:56 GMT

It must only be a very small percentage that do react, so if we had a lot of KC in the area i would prob vacc...but just don't see the need with seeing so few. Also Jack meets other dogs, but i don't let him interact closely with them to that degree because of him being a tad unpredictable with other dogs. If he were playing with dogs all the time it would be different.

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Phrin Vernon RVN — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:51:39 GMT

We use bronchishield - has anyone seen bad reactions to this?

To be honest, in 12 years, I have never seen a reaction to KC vacc

Doesn't mean they don't happen obviously! But just how common are they?

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:46:46 GMT

We don't see many KC cases at all, otherwise i'd be more inclined to vacc Jack. We use Nobivac, i think we used that at the time my colleague vacc her dog. She said she felt so guilty seeing her dog get that ill with the vacc she'll never do it again. It put me off trying it with Jack.

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Phrin Vernon RVN — Sat, 08 May 2010 22:45:31 GMT

I dont vacc my dog for it, and she comes to work with me, but then again, we don't seem to see many cases of it.

While she is at work she goes into a seperate kennel area, and has no contact whatsoever with inpatients - our practice is based around a courtyard type yard, so she never goes thru reception / pre -op either.

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Sal the 1st — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:41:13 GMT

I have seen a couple of dogs over the years become pretty ill after intrac vaccines have been given - was this the one?

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Nicola Smith — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:08:36 GMT

My dog is vaccd because he comes to work and we do see a lot of it. We use nobivac KC and not seena bad effect yet.

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Mrs Dot Dot — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:32:49 GMT

I vaccinate my dog... no problems so far... because she comes to work with me each day... didn't think it was fair on inpatients, also we do see it round here so if she gets it, hopefully it will be a milder dose if vaccinated and also have seen some horrendous cases of it when I worked at an animal shelter... I know it was made worse by circumstances and stress but even so, would prefer to avoid if possible.

Which make of vaccination do you use that has given side effects? We use Canigen kc

Re: Kennel cough

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:27:26 GMT

I have never vaccinated mine for KC, and I have only ever had one of my dogs years ago who got it... and it did not spread round them all surprisingly and I had 4 dogs at that time.

Also Vicky, one of the girls at work vaccinated her dog when we were having the big promo on it, and she became quite ill with it too, so she is not vaccinating her again she said.

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Kim Buckley — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:18:13 GMT

Mine have only been vaccinated against it twice and that was for kennels. They meet lot's of dogs on walks and stuff but have never had it. Don't actually see that much kennel cough where I live thinking about it.

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 08 May 2010 12:20:49 GMT

I don't vacc Jack for KC, none of the staff dogs are done i don't think and none have had it. I did think about it doing it, being that i take him to work sometimes (not often), but decided against it. My colleague did one of her dogs once, the vacc made her really really under the weather so she didn't give it again. Thinking about it, Jack came from Dogs Trust, but they hadn't vacc him for KC...i wonder if other rescues do?

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Fiona Leathers — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:32:01 GMT

Intervet are doing a big kennel cough push just now - with the focus being the name - you don't just get it at kennels!!! We should be calling it Infectious Bronchitis! You should try to encourage people to add it into their yearly booster. Parainfluenza part of the vaccine is more efficient if administered up the nose rather in the the injection.

Partial or wrong information is deadly to the general public, who only pick out what they want to hear anyway. We should be giving people the full facts and healthy recommendations - before anyone asks I don't work for Intervet!!

Go to www.future-of-vaccination.co.uk for more information or go to Youtube and type in "kennel cough" & you'll see why dogs should be protected every year.

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Honeybadger — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:29:03 GMT

I vaccinate Jess every year for kennel cough. She comes into work with me occasionally and has had it once even with vacs. Shes a big baby and its so sad to see her puppy dog eyes when shes ill!

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louise170388 — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:09:49 GMT

ooo I didn't know it was for that long either..

I vaccinate my dog routinely as he comes into contact with other dogs quite regularly.. rather not risk it..

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Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:06:13 GMT

thanks for the replies

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Dippy — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:39:08 GMT

Our practice has just had a big promotion on routine kc vaccinations including a very well attended client info evening. It's amazing how many people assume they can only get it in kennels because of the name - in fact all the promo material says it has now been renamed to exclude the "kennel" part ie canine infectious cough.

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Kim Buckley — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:22:44 GMT

Random question - do you all vaccinate your dogs against kennel cough or only when they go into kennels?

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Hannah Lowe — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:22:46 GMT

Yep, I was taught that can still be infectious for 12 weeks . It's not realistic for Clients to keep their dogs in for 3 months so we recommend not socialising them until the actual symptoms stop as obviously this is the period when they are most infectious.

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Kerry Spain — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:07:52 GMT

I've heard of ongoing shedding too for about 3 months afterwards

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:34:34 GMT

I don't think it can be a new study l was told of it back in the 90's by Tony a vet friend when l ran the rescue kennels and have always warned clients of the risk of ongoing shedding.