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Post by jenandkids on Mar 27, 2011 16:24:23 GMT -5
I've been thinking about not getting my babies their vaccines. I've been holding off on them for a while now trying to research and from all the things I read I'm just getting scared. I read somewhere that the canine distemper for ferrets has been discontinued. And there's so many stories about reactions to vaccines. As the girls are never outside without me and they never meet any animals that I don't know (only their puppy brother and two other dogs that live with the in laws and their cat sister) is it okay to just skip vaccinations?
I probably need to get them on heart-worm prevention as we have a lot of mosquitoes. But is their another way to prevent?
Lastly, is it okay to spray the girls with vinegar water for flea prevention?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2011 16:51:39 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2011 16:54:26 GMT -5
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Post by Sherry on Mar 27, 2011 17:50:08 GMT -5
I don't believe there is any reliable holistic preventative for distemper. I do know that there has been some success with Vitamin A. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_distemperExcerpt: Initially, induction of high levels of vitamin A, used to treat measles [18] (including being recommended by the World Health Organization [22]), produced a 100% cure in animals experimentally infected. The infected group given no vitamin A supplementation all died.[23] Currently, it is known that the direct inhibitive effect of retinoids (vitamin A and subproducts) on the replication of the measles virus is what confirms their choice as a treatment for canine distemper.[24] The confirmation of the effectiveness of vitamin A in the treatment of canines, especially dogs, is its ability to convert the vitamin A into nontoxic esters.[25] This characteristic of carnivores is well known; the risk of hypervitaminosis due to the maintenance of high doses is quite low. For dogs, there is a benchmark to measure the risk: a national research study found it takes a dose of 300,000 IU/kg daily for thirty days before the first signs of hypervitaminosis appear, and sixty days of ingestion at this dosage to kill the animal.[26] This dosage, 300,000 IU / kg, is sixty times greater than the toxic limit established for humans. The mechanisms of action that explain its effectiveness in the treatment of distemper (and measles) remain unexplained. Some evidence points to an indirect action, such as confirming there is a reduction in the amounts of vitamin A during infection,[23] pointing to the hypothesis that it is raw material for some mechanism of resistance to infection. That the anti-infective characteristic[27] is not specific to vitamin A is a mystery; however, there was no doubt about its effectiveness, action mechanisms elucidated or not.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2011 17:54:56 GMT -5
I attached a paper about vitamin A and ferrets. Attachments:
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Post by Sherry on Mar 27, 2011 17:59:53 GMT -5
Thanks Jackie I couldn't find that!
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