How to vaccinate cats safely? Common sense for cat slaves! The essence of vaccines is an inactivated virus, which is theoretically ineffective for the body. Harmful, but in the process of vaccinating cats, there will always be some accidents, such as side effects, and even killing cats with vaccines is not uncommon, so in general, vaccination is not a trivial matter , requires doctors and owners to prepare cats in all aspects.

There is a recent news about cats being vaccinated to death. Beijing cat owner Ms. Zheng's pet cat is in a certain The pet hospital died after being injected with vaccines. Ms. Zheng sued the pet hospital to the court, asking the pet hospital to compensate her for the cost of purchasing, raising and cremating the cat 39,380 yuan, and asking the pet hospital to buy a urn worth 5,000 yuan for the cat, and compensate for the spirit. The damage fee is 20,000 yuan. A few days ago, the Haidian Court concluded the case. The court held that in the process of injecting cats with vaccines, the pet hospital had work flaws in the qualifications of veterinarians, the contents of prescription records, and the risk notification before injection, although these work flaws did not constitute a causal relationship with the consequences of the cat's death. , but also bear some responsibility for the cat's death. In terms of the amount of compensation, the court believed that the evidence submitted by Ms. Zheng could not prove the actual cost of purchasing, raising and cremating the cat, so the court determined the loss to Ms. Zheng as 2,000 yuan. Regarding Ms. Zheng's other claims, the court considered that there was no legal basis and did not support them. In the end, the court ruled that the pet hospital should compensate Ms. Zheng for the loss of 2,000 yuan.

Vaccination is really a troublesome thing to cause doctor-patient disputes. The adverse reactions after vaccination are caused by various reasons, such as The cat's physical condition, and the choice of vaccines, etc. Vaccines for cats are divided into core vaccines and non-core vaccines. Core vaccines refer to vaccines against pathogens of high risk to cats, while non-core vaccines refer to vaccines against pathogens of lower risk. To put it simply, the core vaccine is the vaccine that must be vaccinated, while the choice of the non-core vaccine is based on the distribution of pathogens in different regions and countries, as well as the virus situation in the environment where cats live.  

1. Core vaccines for cats: feline parvovirus (ie feline distemper/feline panleukopenia), feline herpesvirus-1, feline goblet Virus, rabies virus vaccine, the combined vaccine of the first three vaccines is the common cat triple vaccine.  

2. Non-core vaccines for cats: feline leukemia virus, feline HIV, feline infectious peritonitis virus, feline chlamydia, B. bronchiseptica vaccine.  

And the so-called joint vaccine is a combination of vaccines for two or more diseases. Generally speaking, the more the number of combined vaccines injected, the more unstable the immune effect will be. Each vaccine has its own characteristics and its own duration of immunity. Similar to the barrel principle, the duration of the combined vaccine is the one with the shortest duration among the several vaccines linked. That is, if the duration of the three vaccines in a triple vaccine is 1 year, 2 years and 3 years, respectively, the combination vaccine should be given a booster shot once a year. Otherwise, one of the vaccines (usually the non-core vaccine) will lose its protective effect on the animal once the duration of immunity has passed, and the animal is equivalent to being exposed.

Notes:

1. Kitten 60 days Vaccines can only be administered if they are over the age of 10 weeks (about 10 weeks). For kittens less than 10 weeks old, the antibodies obtained from breast milk have not disappeared. At this time, when the vaccine is injected, the vaccine and the antibody will work, which will make the injected vaccine lose its preventive effect.

2. After the first injection of a kitten or a cat who has received the vaccine for the first time, it should be injected again every 4 weeks or so (called a booster injection)

3. The subcutaneous injection of the vaccine on the shoulder and back is generally used 

4. The vaccine must be 2 Refrigerated storage at ~8 degrees Celsius 

5. The skin must be thoroughly disinfected before the vaccine is injected.  

6. After the injection, as the immune system begins to respond, symptoms such as fever, mental deterioration, loss of appetite, and lethargy may occur. These are all symptoms of A normal reaction usually recovers on its own within 1-3 days. Sufficient nutrition and vitamin supplements should be provided to cats after injection.  

7. After vaccination, there is a certain protection rate, but the protection rate is not 100%. This shows that when the resistance of the vaccinated cat 8. declines, if it comes into contact with the sick cat, it may also suffer from infectious diseases.

8. It takes about 7 days for the vaccine to be injected to produce a certain amount of antibodies, so the vaccine is injected for a week, and you should avoid bathing and going out.  

9. If you want to add 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.

10. The cat triple vaccine and rabies vaccine cannot be mixed in the same needle, including the same needle for injection 

11. Vaccines that need to be mixed with diluent and dry powder for injection should be mixed at the time of use. The mixed vaccine will be invalid.  

12. Fudao's cat pentavalent vaccine, the instructions translated from Taiwan state: injected into cats over 8 months old, pregnant female cats do not Can be injected.