Audrey's labs came back-Titer help needed!
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Audrey's labs came back-Titer help needed!
Submitted by CathyandAudrey on April 21, 2010 - 12:40amShe had her one year checkup, and I had the full blood panel done, including titers. I wanted to have a good baseline for future reference, plus since I am feeding her a raw diet I wanted reassurance that all was well with her.
Everything came back perfectly normal! YAY!
heartworm was negative too.
She had a very strong positive for the parvo titer, so he said she's very well proteced against parvo.
Her distemper titer came back negative, no protection. I know distemper is not a huge issue heer, but I am not liking the thought that she has no protection either.
Should I give her the distemper booster or take my chances?
I am going to post this on the general board also, I think it gets more traffic.
Cathy
when she first came home 
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I made them use a different lab
than the one they regularly use. I asked for a 'level' test instead of a ratio test, and I told him the lab they use doesn't do it. He asked which one did, and they just happened to have an account already with them, so he got the info on exactly what they needed to do the test and sent it there. Basically it measured ANY presence of the antibody, not just how many times it could be diluted, so they could not find any at all against distemper. He DID tell me at her visit that he has only seen ONE case of distemper in the 10 years he's been in this office, so I am having my doubts about the necessity to re-vaccinate her.
Do you know if it's possible for a dog to be vaccine resistant to only one vaccine? I was under the impression that it was an across the board resistance to vaccines in general, but I guess it makes sense that it would be disease specific.
My vet is very pro-vaccine, and said he would give her the one year booster. She has not had any negative reaction to a vaccine, at least not an immediate and obvious one.
I am thinking maybe to give her the booster, then re do the titer test to see if she does respond. At least then I'll know if she IS resistant to this vaccine and will never test her for it again.
Cathy
when she first came home
I would do a little more research first...
I know you do your research.
Delve a little deeper. I'm not an expert and I don't really know the answer. BUT...
You probably know more than I do at this point.
To my knowledge, I thought that a negative titer does not necessarily indicate a lack of immunity? Memory cells can still mount a response, if she was once immunized. Is there a different test they can do? Where did they send the results? Mine were sent to U of Colorado.
From what I've read from Dr. Schultz, if a dog is vaccinated after 12 weeks, they will respond. If they are in the small percentage of dogs who do NOT show a response, then they never will, no matter how many vaccinations you give them.
But, I'm not that up on it beyond that since I've never run into it myself.
What did your vet say?
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I would get the booster
Just in case.
We have distemper on our farm, and it can get nasty for the anim
sensitive to it. I always choose to get my dogs and cats vaccinated as I hate all the mess if they start with the runny eyes, noses and the sneezing. You may live in a different situation so your trusted vet may have better advice about the risks/advantages for you.
And always .....Winston