Feb 22nd 2017, Dr John Michael Robb DVM, at what appears to be a local government meeting, is presenting with passion and genuine concern the arguments against the current obligatory rabies vaccination protocols in the USA.
He is saying, in so many words, that the protocol is dangerous and the law on rabies vaccinations in the USA is in conflict with his hippocratic oath because the vaccination protocol can harm pets and even kill them. Shockingly the audience is disinterested. Apparently they do not have the same concern for animal welfare as Dr Robb.
Dr Robb is seeking change. He is forced under the law concerning rabies vaccinations to jeopardise the health of pets. As an excellent veterinarian he strongly objects to being placed in this dilemma. The video explains it all far better than I can in words…
There are technically no rules as to how many times you can vaccinate pets for the same disease.
“Over-vaccinating and the overdosing of pet vaccines has become a global issue. 5 lbs dogs are receiving the same dose of the rabies vaccine as 150 lbs Great Danes, and vets are now witnessing terrible side effects.” (Facebook post).
Dr Robb mentions titer testing in his presentation in the video. I have a short post on that:
M.E. King, a valued contributor to PoC says:
“Wonderful man. I spoke to him on the phone about what happened to Kitten last year. He not only answered my emails he gave me his phone number and talked to me. Hopefully we’ll all soon have a cost effective way to know if our pets need to be vaccinated.”
I trust her assessment. Dr Robb should be listened to. He is an excellent vet with high ethical standards. The profession needs people like him to represent American veterinarians.
See Dr Robb’s FB page:
There is a great deal of disagreement over titers. Our pets are living longer and the adverse effects of over vaccination are starting to manifest more frequently. Remember just a few years ago they denied at the top of their lungs that ISS were a real thing.
There is no safe vaccine there are safer vaccines.
Your statement is slanderous. I can sue you in defamation for that comment. It is a complete lie what you have stated. I amended your comment for the reason stated in the comment. As you say I am completely transparent about it. If you lie about me again like that I will sue you in defamation.
Wow. I’m now realizing that you edit EVERYONE’s words to fit your own ignorant agenda. What a pity you are that insecure (and so transparent about it at the same time).
This is probably why your site had devolved to the endless deceptive misinformation drivel that it’s become. Anyone who had more knowledge than you ever will was driven-off by your underhanded editing of everyone’s words. Nobody in their right mind would put up with someone as vile, manipulative, and underhanded as you. No wonder your cat ran away. Even it wanted to distance itself from your miserable personality.
I’m going to publish your insulting and rude response to tell the world how insulting and rude you are. If that is the best you can do, you are a very poor, uneducated, arrogant and ignorant person.
This is the very same reason that cats become reinfected with Toxoplasma gondii. Even having a high antibody count against T. gondii does not prevent reinfection. Tested and documented by many.
In terms of titer testing, it’s not as simple. I had to look it up, actually, and depending on the disease and the animal, it may or may not be reliable i.e. in some cases the amount of antibodies in the blood correlates with immunity, and in some – it doesn’t. In humans, for many diseases, it seems to be reliable. Vets themselves get vaccinated for pre-exposure Rabies and then have titer tests every two years.
According to the article I’ve just read, in dogs, it appears to be reliable for DHPP vaccine, but it’s not shown to be reliable for Rabies and other vaccines. For cats, it doesn’t seem to be reliable at all.
So obviously, for a disease as lethal as Rabies, I’d not want to take a chance.