You are probably aware that some people are delaying or skipping vaccines for their pets, but did you know it’s because of the misinformation they are getting from veterinarians?
Veterinarians who apparently don’t understand how vaccines work…
Let’s Talk About Vaccine Misinformation Coming From Veterinarians
After all, if they did have any understanding of how vaccines work, they would know why dogs of different sizes might get the same dose of a vaccine.
“Why is this 1 cc dose of rabies vaccine given to a 150lb Great Dane... AND THE EXACT SAME VOLUME injected into a tiny 3Ib toy poodle?!”
Andrew Jones, DVM
And of course, it is because pet vaccines typically aren’t calibrated by weight or age.
Wait, that argument sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
It should!
Anti-vaccine influencers used to make the same claim about vaccines for children and adults.
Vaccines, which also aren’t based on your weight or age.
Why not?
Because the antigens in a vaccine typically work locally, where they were given. They don’t have to travel all around your body or your pet’s body to work.
Instead, those antigens in a vaccine get the vaccine response started near where the vaccine was given, whether that is in their arm or leg (shot), nose (nasal), or small intestine (oral).
The antigens are then taken up by antigen-presenting cells, which migrate towards a nearby lymph node and activate other cells, including:
antigen-specific helper T cells
killer T cells
B cells - can become plasma cells that produce antibodies or memory cells
And then, within a few weeks, you get your antibodies!
You get your protection!
At least you do if you get yourself, your family, and your pets vaccinated and you aren’t listening to anti-vaccine influencers.