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Call Your ShotVACCINES or GENETICS?Barbara (BJ) Andrews, TheDogPlace Publisher updated from ShowSight Magazine column
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Here, take this new pair of eyes so you can see through the blame-game. Disease is rarely due to genetics. "Bad breeders" are a handy cop-out for befuddled or profit-driven vets who only find answers in expensive tests. |
Many veterinarians today never heard of Dr. Jean Dodds published many papers relating immune system problems to hypothyroid. She even dared to link low thyroid gland function to commonly prescribed antibiotics and (gasp) heartworm preventatives. Dr. Dodds was an outspoken pioneer on thyroid problems and in the 80s, most veterinarians agreed with her observation that external influences, not "genetics" most often precipitate thyroid gland malfunction. Today we know that vaccines and incomplete dog foods lead the list of causative factors in hyperthyroid problems.
It hasn't been very long ago that demodex or "red mange" was said to be hereditary and so a lot of good show prospects were petted out. Then, in the late 70s, a top veterinary university announced that the mites were everywhere but only weak, ill, or stressed puppies "broke out" with red mange. Gads! Norma Price was my Dog World editor and a top Dalmatian breeder. We were gratified to have what we had both been saying for years proven true - neither breeders nor genetics were to blame. By 2020 we had reason to worry about those early vaccines that veterinarians insisted on starting at 6 weeks...
Breeders are to blame for believing what big business sells us. We went crazy on hip x-rays in the 60s and 70s. Everybody made out, from the local vet to the new Orthopedic Foundation For Animals (OFA). Puppies were crippled by fulcrum-twisting x-rays promoted by Dr. Bardens.
Others were put down (killed) based on bad x-rays taken by good vets or read by someone who had not assessed the dog's physical condition. Dr. Jerry Schnelle, who actually identified and pioneered study of canine hip dysplasia, published his resignation from OFA to call attention to those serious problems.
How many note that we still x-ray our dog's hips AND simultaneously (reproductive organs) without radiation shields? "Coincidentally" reproductive problems became as prevalent as the x-ray culture, opening a whole new field in canine veterinary medicine. Yep, vet schools added Canine Reproduction to the curriculum.
Speaking of radiation exposure on DNA, and how that can cause good genes to go bad...We no longer hear about Chernobyl but the people there haven't forgotten. The Russian nuclear accident affect many generations of people and did Japan's nuclear meltdown in 2012. Click this Instant Information on ii radiation because if you have dogs (or family) with thyroid or other immune related problems, you need to learn about unnecessary radiation exposure.
Radiographs are a great tool but also a money-maker that is too often used without regard to cumulative risks.
Right up there with radiation, check out exposure to toxaphene, sulphur dioxide, and many COMMON chemicals, pesticides and manufacturing by-products that damage the immune system and cause thyroid disease, including cancer. Scientists and EPA officials know the dangers and how widespread such toxins are. You might remember "The Love Canal" was all about dioxin. We might have never known about toxic chemicals in our environment had it not been for Erin Brockovich and the hit movie.
The logic is as clear as the question which begs an answer. Simply put, there is a conflict of interest in medical practitioners who are in one form or another, subsidized by drug companies. |
Career dog breeders (those who survive the first ten years with sanity intact and ten or twenty Champions under their belt) know what risks are. We build dreams around great ones not yet born and we work hard to eradicate genetic problems because we know darn well they'll come back to haunt us. Give us the right tools and we can create a work of art.
Ask yourself, do you think marketing strategists and drug companies care about achieving a disease-free life for our animal? Don't try to sell us flawed logic and double-edged ethics and then blame us when the paint peels away. We get it. We know that new diseases are emerging - and that for each new virus, incredibly, there will be a new vaccine. We are grateful for life saving surgical procedures but we've grown skeptical of health hype.
I warned you this was the stuff nightmares are made of so before you turn out the light, answer this question.
How many dog breeders had thyroid or immune problems before parvovirus emerged? When I was a columnist for Holly Meir's The Dog newspaper, I theorized about the origin of parvovirus, about the safety and efficacy of the stop-gap feline derivative vaccine, and later, about the wave of reproductive problems.
Do you remember when thyroid, immune system, and reproductive problems were NOT common? When there was no parvo, corona virus, kennel cough, or Lyme vaccine?
Please don't say it's because we're better at diagnosing such problems. Vets ARE better. Labs are better. But smart breeders are tuned in to their dogs, to creating a genetically healthy next generation when new animal diseases keep cropping up like weeds in your manicured yard. What is going on???
For more thought-provoking information "call your shots" on Lepto or Lyme Disease. For a baseline reference on vaccine development, I suggest go to origin and History Of Parvovirus and the dark History of Canine Flu Vaccine, and the classic disclosure, Leptomania by Patricia Jordan, DVM.
If you live in the cattle belt, you may remember when the isolated Plum Island Bio-Warfare Research Facility moved to the mainland! If your property is close to high-power generators or overhead power lines, you need to know about ii Symptoms of EMF exposure and no matter where you live, you are likely affected by Magnetic Fields and Ley Lines. All of these factors affect your animal's immune system. And your overall health. This information is unfortunately, NOT outdated. If you care about your own health and that of your animals, learn more in these articles:
Instant Information on ii Vaccine Facts & History chronological coverage of vaccines from 1981's lab-created Parvo-vius to today's health risks of over-vaccination.
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