Do animals need yearly vaccinations?
We recommend that dogs and cats receive yearly vaccinations to stimulate the immune system so the most effective response will occur if they do come in contact with any of the vaccinated diseases. Also, vaccinations are given in consideration to the area we live in and if a disease is more or less prevalent here. We see a great deal of Parvo and Distemper in this area. You may have heard or read that yearly vaccines are not necessary or even harmful to your pet. Unfortunately, the information we have at this time is not adequately conclusive one way or the other. A summary, posted on www.avma.org, stated that: “Optimal revaccination intervals are not known…Information collected thus far [by veterinary professionals] indicates that immunity inducted by some vaccines lasts longer than one year, while immunity triggered by other vaccines lasts less than one year.” The Council of Biological and Therapeutic Agents concludes that there currently exists inadequate data to scientifically deter
