THE HISTORY OF PARVO VACCINE

I reported rampant problems with the new parvo vaccine problems in the January 1981 issue of The Dog, thus becoming the first dog fancy journalist to report on vaccine failure. I also cited the feline leukemia vaccine-induced disease, noting that the parvo shot was a feline derivative. That first parvo vaccine may have prevented more deaths than it caused, but who would know - there were no reporting requirements back then, not even for Adverse Reactions. What we do know is that the vaccine not only caused or allowed parvo virus breakthrough, it was directly related to reproductive failure.

Fellow columnist Robert Erbeck, DVM speculated that parvo virus was of laboratory origin. He explained that parvo could not have just “mutated” at the Collie Nationals. Our suspicion was quickly confirmed when I learned from my good friend Meg Carpenter, who owned one of England's largest quarantine facilities, that parvo virus had in fact erupted almost simultaneously in the U.K. I called Dr. Erbeck and we then questioned how a lab experiment gone awry in the States (which we believed to be the case) could have immediately spread to Europe. Remember, in 1981, intercontinental animal transport was extremely uncommon and particularly to England due to the rigid quarantine restrictions. For the "collie story" to have been true, multiple dogs would have had to board flights to the U.K., evade the rigid quarantine system at all international airports, and quickly infect dogs all across England. We agreed that was proof parvo came from a test tube and been disseminated through some means other than a few dozen collies at a single show. We did not postulate that theory publically. Again, I remind you that was two decades before people became suspicious about the origins of Swine flu, bird flu, etc.

A Word About Lyme Disease Vaccine:

The subsequently released canine derivative parvo vaccine was safer. In fact, it was so successful that, predictably, a wave of new vaccines came on the market. But with the new vaccines came concerns. A few years later, Dr. Erbeck’s theory was strengthened when a well known pharmaceutical company alleged that a competitor had released a Lyme disease vaccine prior to any known or confirmed case of Lyme disease in the canine. Lymes was first diagnosed in humans in 1975 and not in dogs until 1984, as stated, after the canine vaccine became available.

The history of Lyme Disease and the likelihood of the lab-created disease into the deer population surrounding the infamous Plum Island Germ Research lab may take you deeper into the conspiracy theory than you want to venture.

What About Combination "Puppy Shot" Vaccines?

This post to TheDogPlace may answer that question. "I operate a puppy rescue shelter. About three months ago I switched to Intervet Progard 5 as I heard it was the best protection you could get. We (had successfully) used Fort Dodge 5 way and Bio Cor Prevent Vac 5.

"My question is this. We have had a terrible bout with sickness for about the last three months. I did not think that it could be vaccine related until I read your article. I don’t loose a puppy easily. The symptoms ranged from mild to fatal intestinal distress, just like Parvo, and also heart symptoms. Parvo was diagnosed on a few occasions. Antibiotics had no effect at all. Some pups have come down within days of their second vaccination and that has NEVER happened here. We take extreme cautions, the property is Cloroxed daily, as well as all kennels and play areas. New puppies are isolated for at least three days. Could this problem be vaccine related? I didn't have much of a problem before I started using the Intervet."

I directed her to more data on vaccine failure and what we now know is vaccine induced disease, so common now that by 2009, it had earned its own acronym: VID.

Noting mysterious outbreaks such as SARS, Legionnaires Disease, the cruise ship malady, Norwalk Virus, etc., a reasonable person would question everything we thought we knew about vaccines. We might also wonder which of the required childhood vaccines are truly worth the risk. In May, it was quietly reported that a significant number of vaccinated servicemen developed smallpox. Some soldiers began to refuse the vaccine but we are grateful to our brave military personnel who accepted the vaccine risk as small compared to the bullets and EIDs they faced for our country.

Core and Non-Core Vaccines

American Animal Hospital Assoc. (AAHA) and The American Veterinary Medical Assoc. (AVMA) finally caved on the dangerous (but highly profitable) practice of over-vaccination. (1) The new "core" and non-core protocol would never have emerged had it not been for this website and subsequently, my friend Kris Christine's Rabies Challenge Fund.

The current official recommendation is that only three “core” vaccines; distemper, parvo, adenovirus-2, and of course rabies, be given to puppies or dogs with uncertain vaccine backgrounds according to this vaccination schedule (2). Non-core vaccines are to be judiciously administered because the diseases they protect against are self-limiting or treatable. They are as follows: canine parainfluenza virus, leptospira (for which the protection only lasts 6 months anyway) bordetella (kennel cough) and Lyme disease - See Plum Island for the ugly truth on Lyme disease.

If you read other information on this subject, you know getting the truth into the public domain has been about as easy aiming at a snake's eye in a dark cave. Yeah. It’s a shot in the dark and those who dare to take it have been warned the bullet could ricochet. In spite of that, vaccine knowledge has been forced to the forefront by many dog writers. Take heed but for the dogs you love, take aim!