Yearly Booster

[Kim]

And if your dog swims in rivers it is important I feel to keep up to date with the lepto element.

It's not just rivers that are risky, Squirrels, rats, foxes etc all can carry lepto, but you may not even be aware of where they have been !

[Cob-Web]

I have to confess that although I am all in favour of healthy debate, I don't like threads like this as they leave me totally confused and more likely to be an 'overprotective mum', with no idea of what to do for the best...........  

[Colin]

It confuses me too Rachel, I don't really understand enough of it to make an informed decision on my own - so I'm going with my vet's advice. He gave Misty her annual booster recently and said she'd be covered for 3 years but to get the Lepto vacc annually.  

[Penel]

Just thought I would add these links here for information - from the Intervet website...

this is the datasheet for Lepto 2, the newest Lepto vaccine which gives immunity for at least one year.  If I was going to vaccinate for Lepto, this is the one I would use...
http://www.intervet.co.uk/Products_Public/...t_Datasheet.asp

and here is the data sheet for the Nobivac DHPPi vaccine, so you can see the recommendations for how often each component should be given.  Please note this line too which people (including vets) often don't know about:

Contra-indications, warnings, etc

Only healthy dogs should  be vaccinated. The vaccine may not be effective in dogs incubating the disease at the time of vaccination.

http://www.intervet.co.uk/Products_Public/...t_Datasheet.asp

For some more general news see http://www.intervet.co.uk/species_pages/dog/news.asp