Re: Re: Vaccination

[Guest guest]

Thanks for this discussion. I have a conventional vet for my beef cattle,

and I've let him recommend what to use on my cows, and 4 to 5 month old

calves. I've used purchased or rented bulls and was worried about what

they might introduce to my herd. I didn't realize the issue existed about

the milk or meat from vaccinated animals, but I remember getting one or

two consumers ask me if I vaccinated or not.

I really hope to transition to a closed herd in the future, particularly

with the introduction of cloned genetics and the planned genetic

engineering of animals coming down the pike, apparently whether we want

them or not. So, I definately would stop vaccinating with a closed herd.

The rabies issue is tough, I am in a high rabies area.

Sincerely,

> Did she get the cervical cancer from HPV or her mother taking DES?

> and what about all the parents whose children have been permanently

> damaged or killed by vaccine reactions? You can go round and round on

> this.

> The AVMA (http://www.avma.org/issues/vaccination/vaccination.asp) and

> AAHA

> (http://www.aahanet.org/PublicDocuments/VaccineGuidelines06Revised.pdf)

> are both trying to convince small animal practitioners to reduce

> frequency of vaccines, and veterinarians at University of Wisconsin

> (Dr. Ron Schmid) and University of Colorado, and Cornell University

> are all on the forefront of calling for re evaluation and reduction/

> minimization of the vaccines used in animals. As veterinarians, we

> have seen the effects of vaccination benefits (think parvo epidemics

> in the 80s), and risks (lymphoma, IMHA, hypo and hyper thyroidism,

> fibrosarcoma, autoimmune disease....). Hopefully we do not need to

> repeat the same mistakes in the human population and our food supply

> to learn something.

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