Vaccination to viral infections in cats/dogs

Question 1

There are lots of viral vaccines. How can they be given?

Answer 1

SC, Im, intranasal

Can be live, attenuated or inactivated

Question 2

What are the core cat vaccines against?

Answer 2

FCV - feline calicivirus
FHV - herpes virus
FPV - feline panleucopenia virus

Question 3

What are the non-core cat vaccines against?

Answer 3

Chlamyophilia
FeLV - feline leukaemia virus
FIV Feline immunodeficiency virus

Question 4

What are the core dog viral vaccines against?

Answer 4

CDV - distemper virus
CPV-2 - parvo
CAV - adenovirus (hepatitis)

Question 5

What are the non-core dog viral vaccines?

Answer 5

CPiV - parainfluenza
Lepto
CCoV - canine corona virus

Question 6

What are the cat and dog non-core vaccines

Answer 6

Tracheobronchitis - BB (kennel cough)

Rabies

Question 7

What does efficacy of vaccination depend on?

Answer 7

MDA levels

Question 8

Why are vaccinations repeated?

Answer 8

To cover unknown MDA levels

Question 9

When should you avoid live vaccines?

Answer 9

Pregnant animals

Question 10

Multivalent products incorporate more than one vaccine. What is the advantages and disadvantages of this

Answer 10

Easier administration
Less able to do risk/benefit analysis for individual animal
Duration of immunity has to be for product of shortest duration

Question 11

What is the problem with vaccines?

Answer 11

Lack of efficacy
Adverse reactions (injection site sarcoma)
Post licensing