There are more and more parents raising cats and dogs in cities, and many people don't know how to vaccinate pets. In fact, you can go to the veterinary hospital to vaccinate your cat. Usually 3 injections in stages. Under normal circumstances, animals should be injected with two or more vaccines. One is to protect animals from infectious diseases (such as: six vaccines for dogs, triple vaccines for cats, rabbit plague vaccine, etc.), and the other is a rabies vaccine that protects people from rabies caused by animal bites.

Immunization steps

The first dose of the vaccine requires two doses depending on age or three times. Animals should be vaccinated annually for booster immunizations. The earliest vaccination can be two weeks after weaning of young animals. Vaccines are biological products, and improper storage can cause vaccine failure. Therefore, animals should be immunized in a reputable and guaranteed animal hospital.

Cats and dogs start to suck their mother's milk when they are born. The first three days of colostrum are rich in a large amount of transitional antibodies, which are enough to protect them until six to eight weeks. If you give it preventive injections, it will slowly wake up its immune system and let it know these enemies; but it is only known, and it is still in the unarmed stage. After the second injection, the immune system that has woken up begins to manufacture defense weapons-antibodies. Although the antibody worked very hard, the production was still insufficient, so a third injection was given. This time, it seemed like a booster shot, the immune system was fully activated, and the production was accelerated. The antibodies produced at this time can be used for a year, which is the basic immunity of the little guy.

Common types of vaccines

There are two types of common vaccines in China: imported triple vaccines and domestic feline plague vaccines. The triple vaccine can prevent feline distemper (panleukopenia), feline viral rhinotracheitis, and catarrhal enteritis. Immunization is valid for one year after injection and should be immunized once a year.

The domestic feline plague vaccine only protects against feline plague. Immunization is valid for one year after injection and should be immunized once a year. If you want to add a rabies vaccine, cats over three months old can be immune. Immunization is valid for one year after injection and should be immunized once a year. The feline triple vaccine is an imported feline distemper vaccine, which is an internationally used product to prevent feline distemper, feline calicivirus infection and infectious rhinotracheitis. Immunization method: Cats over 2 months old need to be immunized (intramuscular injection) 2 times, with an interval of 2 to 3 weeks; after that, immunization injection once a year. The current clinical effect of this vaccine is indeed reflected.

There are two kinds of rabies vaccine, domestic and imported, which are used to prevent the occurrence of rabies. Cats over 3 months old can be vaccinated, the protection period is 1 year, and it should be vaccinated once a year. In terms of clinical effects, both imported and domestic rabies vaccines have better effects. Feline Distemper Vaccine The domestic feline distemper vaccine is a pilot product for scientific research and has a certain protection rate against feline distemper. It is an inactivated cell vaccine, which can be vaccinated by kittens aged 3 to 4 months. The first vaccination should be injected intramuscularly twice, every 4 weeks; The period is one year; thereafter, the injection is given once a year.

Immunization Considerations

Only healthy cats should be vaccinated. In general, the veterinarian should perform a clinical physical examination of the cat, including temperature, respiration, heart rate, physical examination and medical history.

The normal kitten's body temperature is 38℃～38.5℃, and the adult cat is about 38℃, but should not exceed 38.7℃, unless the individual cat just came out of the hot car, the body temperature may be slightly higher. Physical examination mainly observes the presence of eye secretions and snot, the color of the oral mucosa, the presence of blood vessels in the conjunctiva, the presence of vomiting, lack of food, diarrhea, etc., whether there is a history of infectious diseases, and whether there is any contact with sick cats. Pass.

After vaccination, there is a certain protection rate, but the protection rate is not 100%. This shows that when the resistance of vaccinated cats is reduced, if they come into contact with cats that are sick, they may also develop infectious diseases.

Fever, mental deterioration, loss of appetite, lethargy, etc. may occur due to the immune system starting to respond after the injection. These are normal reactions and usually recover spontaneously within 1-3 days

It takes about 7 days for the vaccine to be injected to produce a certain amount of antibodies, which provide a certain amount of protection for the cat. The cat that has just been vaccinated for 1-3 days is not in the safe period, and the effect of the vaccine is not fully reflected. Therefore, you should avoid bathing and going out within a week of vaccination.

A cat that has been injected with serum needs to be vaccinated after the age of 20. This is because the serum (containing a certain amount of antibodies) takes a certain amount of time to disappear from the body, or drop below a certain level.

Cats that are in the incubation period of a disease (eg, feline distemper), who are not sick at the time, but become sick within 1-7 days after vaccination, should be treated.