reception!

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Sal the 1st — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:22:36 GMT

- nice one, maybe you can offer the newspaper reporters a few tips on accurate reporting this could be a nice little sideline for you Big A.

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Arlo Guthrie — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:15:45 GMT

... and I got some numbers from the VMD to put the scaremongering headlines into some kind of perspective:

https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/b/veterinary-nursing-news/archive/2016/07/06/157769.aspx

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Ben Ogden — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 17:26:32 GMT

[quote user="Jill Macdonald"]

https://www.bsava.com/News/tabid/315/ArticleID/612/WSAVA-response-to-Leptospira-vaccination-media-stories.aspx

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MSD Animal Health's statement

"Nothing is more important to MSD Animal Health than the safety and efficacy of our products, and the health and well-being of animals.

Nobivac L4, was launched in 2013 across Europe to prevent dogs from contracting Leptospirosis which is a serious zoonotic disease. It is one of the most widely used vaccines for dogs with several million doses being used annually to successfully prevent infection in dogs.
As a responsible animal health company, we take every adverse reaction report seriously and investigate thoroughly. Whenever possible, we work with the pet owner and attending veterinary surgeon to assemble as much clinical information as we can to help determine the cause of a pet's health issue, and whether or not the product may have been involved . The overall frequency of all pharmacovigilance reports received for this product is what regulatory authorities classify as 'rare'.
The safety profiles of veterinary pharmaceuticals and vaccines are established from rigorous clinical trials and safety warnings for the product are provided on the product data sheet. All suspected adverse events need to be reported through the correct channels so that they can be properly recorded, investigated, reviewed and eventually leading to appropriate actions concerning update of the adverse event section of the SPC, if indeed the relevant regulator concludes that such update is warranted.

It is important to critically examine the facts relating to adverse events vs. anecdotes that are not substantiated by science and medical evidence. A report does not mean causation.
We report findings to governing regulatory agencies around the world (based on a country's respective laws and policies), so that they can make a fully informed, scientific assessment about the safety of the product. We do this so that accurate safety and efficacy information is available for veterinary surgeons prescribing our products.

The adverse event may have been related to an underlying disease, using other drugs at the same time, or other non-drug related causes. Therefore, marketing authorization holders and the authorities are obliged in the EU to apply a causality assessment to each case indicating the likelihood of an adverse event being linked to product administration.

Veterinary professionals are best placed to advise pet owners about the use for specific veterinary medicines and we would always recommend that pet owners should talk to their veterinary professional with any concerns they may have about the use of a particular product."

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Jill Macdonald — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 17:17:56 GMT

https://www.bsava.com/News/tabid/315/ArticleID/612/WSAVA-response-to-Leptospira-vaccination-media-stories.aspx

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Hayley — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:14:00 GMT

I've not had any questions either, thank god!

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Sal the 1st — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 18:35:37 GMT

2 possibilities

nobody reads the telegraph

people read the telegraph but didn't believe the story

not one single query while I was there today

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Ben Ogden — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 18:02:41 GMT

I banged my toe when I left the house this morning and a car drove through a puddle getting me wet, it must be the evil L4 vaccine I administered last week!

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Sal the 1st — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 07:41:29 GMT

I don't understand it either - but it made a good story and sold them a few papers and now we will get to deal with the panic it caused. The bit about the VMD refusing to reveal the numbers of animals affected - any newspaper reporter, even the ones from my own local gutter press know that the information can be obtained through a Freedom of Information request. I hope MSD issue a statement.

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Alana Dent — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 04:09:21 GMT

I am confused by the article. The dog had over 6,000 of Chemo. But they cant find a link between the vaccine, and whatever illness is "Killing" these dogs? If it is unknown, why was it started on Chemo, or am I missing part of the story? This is a scaremongering story if I ever saw one...!

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 22:21:03 GMT

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I'm waiting for the "You vaccinated my dog 5 months ago and now its vomited today because of it" calls.

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yep - whatever the problem from anal glands to halitosis its going to be down to the lepto vaccine, I may have to hit the hard stuff to get me through the day - and I swore I was going to give up coffee!

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Sam.23 — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 22:13:53 GMT

I'm waiting for the "You vaccinated my dog 5 months ago and now its vomited today because of it" calls.

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 21:35:20 GMT

I think we are one of the only ones in the area who stock L2 - I really don't want to be on reception tomorrow . Maybe MSD will issue a statement?

Has anybody else noticed how they always 'break' this kind of news at a weekend giving clients maximum panic time so that they are nearly hysterical come Monday morning.

I have already had a couple of people contact me on facebook

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Selena Carnell — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 20:10:34 GMT

we only stock the l4 vaccine, no other options

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FINNIGAN — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 16:49:18 GMT

Oh god,, here we go again,, the new Monster tick was bad enough!!!!! Lol

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Hayley — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 14:03:40 GMT

"a vaccine meant to protect them against mild bacterial infections"

Yep, because kidney failure is so mild right?