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Vaccination Guidelines For Small Animals

The Vaccination Guideline Group of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association announced its international guidelines for canine and feline vaccinations at the WSAVA congress which was held in Sydney in August.

The VGG categorised vaccinations into core vaccines, non-core vaccines and not recommended vaccines.

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Core vaccines: Parvovirus, Distemper and Adenovirus.
Non-core vaccines: Parainfluenza, Bordetella and Leptospirosis

The group does not recommend vaccination for giardia or coronavirus

Vaccinate puppies at 8, 12 and 16 weeks with a booster 12months after the last vaccination. After that dogs should be vaccinated with core vaccines not more often than every 3 years.

Annual vaccinations for Kennel Cough (Bordetella & Leptospirosis) for dogs that are in contact with other dogs are a good idea.

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Core vaccines: Panleucopaenia (FPV or feline parvovirus) herpesvivus (FHV) and calicivirus (FCV).
Non-core vaccines: Leukaemia virus (FeLV) and Chlamydia.

The group does not recommend vaccination for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), Feline infectious peritonitis (FIV) or giardia.

Vaccinate kittens at 8,12 and 16 weeks with a booster 12 months after the last vaccination. After that cats should be vaccinated with core vaccines not more often than every 3 years.

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