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Originally Posted by Drdogface
Wreck,
So what did you gain by this spiteful exercise, besides high blood pressure and possibly an ulcer?
I practiced for nearly 40 years and never heard the theory advanced by this Dr. Schultz...nor ever heard of him. In years of continuing education conferences, sometimes lasting lasting weeks, this was never taught, nor is it today. Contact any Veterinary School around the world and see if any professional there agrees with this guy. Yeah, I know what your reply will be....money, money, money.
Glad you were never my client.
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I guess I am glad you are not my vet and I feel sorry for your clients.
"It's hard to believe it'd be controversial to any DVM who's lived on earth for the past year or two. You'd have to be from outer space if you haven't heard about the issues," says Schultz. (DMVNews, Feb. 2003)
If you go to continuing education conferences you would have heard a Dr. Ford give lectures on this very subject. Do you read DMVNews? My litigation helped bring about "informed consent" requirements in a couple states. The largest veterinary insurer for malpractice no longer covers vets for fraud in unnecessary treatments. There are a lot of veterinary schools that have adopted this standard but I guess there is more money in it for you not to know anything about the subject. By the way how much is your annual income for administering canine distemper virus, canine parvovirus, canine adenovirus and corona virus? Do you give all the abovelisted vaccinations to your client's pets? Do you know that the AVMA Council on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents concluded that no research exists to support the present annual and prevailing recommendations? Never heard anything about it? Read these:
http://www.dvmnews.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=46546
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jul03/030701o.asp
The AVMA concluded there is evidence that some vaccines provide immunity beyond one year. Revaccination of patients with sufficient immunity doesn't add measurably to their disease resistance, and unnecessary revaccination may increase the risk of adverse postvaccination events in some animals. While annual vaccinations have been highly successful in curbing disease, the one-year revaccination frequency recommendation found on many vaccine labels is based on historical precedent, not scientific data.
Infection with canine coronavirus alone has been associated with mild disease only, and only in dogs < 6 weeks of age. It has not been possible to reproduce the infection experimentally, unless immunosuppressive doses of glucocorticoids are administered. Serum antibodies do not correlate with resistance to infection, and duration of immunity is unknown. Vaccination against CPV protects puppies against challenge with both CCV and CPV. Therefore, the UC Davis VMTH does not routinely recommend vaccination against CCV and the vaccine is not stocked by our pharmacy.
Yea that was necessary for a 7 year old OESD in August in full coat and subject to heat stress.
Yeah, I know what your reply will be....money, money, money. Wow how wrong you are, the settlement money was less than the money spent for copies and mailings. Some people are willing to spend money to make positive change. To bad you are so shortsighted to realize that. So what did you gain by this spiteful exercise of a response that shows your ignorance?