Noncore vaccines are given due to your pets due to the lifestyle risks of a particular illness or virus. Just remember that no vaccine is 100% effective in all pets 100% of the time, they only reduce the risk of your pet contracting a virus or illness. With that being said, a few of the noncore vaccines are the Bordetella, Canine Influenza, Leptospirosis, and Canine Coronavirus.
Bordetella is highly contagious and easily passed especially in environments, such as boarding kennels, dog parks and grooming salons. This variant causes symptoms such as coughing, nasal discharge, sneezing, lethargy, loss of appetite and fever. There is no treatment, symptoms can only be managed. This vaccine can be given intranasally and is recommended every six months.
Leptospirosis vaccines are given in a series of 2 vaccines, usually 3 weeks apart and then yearly as an adult. Lepto is transmitted in mainly areas that are wet and areas that have standing water, they can also get this through rodent droppings. This bacterium can be given to your pup from swimming in or drinking infected water, walking through infected mud or soil. It can enter your dog's body through wounds (even small ones), or through mucous membranes. Some of the symptoms include fever, loss of appetite, increased thirst, vomiting, jaundice, difficulty breathing, diarrhea, and muscle stiffness. It can also progress to affect your dog's organs such as the liver and kidneys. If caught early enough, the chances of survival are good, although permanent damage may occur.
Canine Influenza vaccines are given in a 2-part series at first and then recommended yearly. This is often confused with kennel cough and parainfluenza. There are many forms of viruses that have most of the same symptoms, but yet they are different, just as humans have many forms of the cold virus. This virus can live 48 hours on surfaces and 24 hours on clothing. So, we as humans can help transmit this as well as dogs. Dogs can transmit this virus even after symptoms have ended, (fever, cough, nasal and eye discharge.) There is no medication for this virus, just the management of symptoms and the care to keep if from progressing to a secondary infection.
Canine Coronavirus is not the same as the human coronavirus. Canine coronavirus is a virus that is intestinal, causes a lot of discomfort for your dog and is highly contagious. (It cannot be transmitted to humans). Symptoms can only be managed and is spread through direct contact with saliva and dog's feces. Once a dog has this, they can carry this disease for up to six months.
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