Vaccination Schedule for Puppies

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3 WEEKS…….FECAL
6 WEEKS…….PARVO
8 WEEKS…….DA2PP, BORDETELLA
12 WEEKS…..DA2LPP, BORDETELLA, LYME
16 WEEKS…..DA2LPP, LYME, RABIES (1YR)

THEREAFTER, YEARLY VACCINATIONS FOR DA2LPP, LYME AND BORDETELLA……

2ND RABIES GOOD FOR 1 TO 3 YEARS DEPENDING ON THE VACCINE YOU CHOOSE.

YOUR PUPPY CAN BE STARTED ON MOST FORMS OF HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE AT 9 WEEKS OF AGE.  WHEN ON HEARTWORM PREVENTION YEAR ROUND AN ANTIGEN TEST SHOULD BE PERFORMED EVERY OTHER YEAR. IF ON PREVENTION PART OF THE YEAR OR NOT AT ALL, A ROUTINE HEARTWORM TEST SHOULD BE PERFORMED YEARLY.

FECAL CHECK….A FLOTATION TEST USING A STOOL SAMPLE TO CHECK FOR INTESTINAL PARASITES SUCH AS ROUNDWORMS, HOOKWORMS, WHIPWORMS, ETC.

CANINE PARVOVIRUS….A FAIRLY COMMON AND DEADLY VIRAL DISEASE THAT MAINLY EFFECTS PUPPIES, BUT MAY BE SEEN IN SOME OLDER DOGS.  PARVO CAUSES SEVERE VOMITTING AND DIARRHEA.

DA2LPP….DISTEMPER, ADENOVIRUS, LEPTOSPIROSIS, PARAINFLUENZA, PARVOVIRUS

LYME….A DISEASE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS THROUGH TICK BITES.  IT MOST OFTEN CAUSES FEVER, LOSS OF APPETITIE AND LAMENESS.

BORDETELLA….(KENNEL COUGH) INFECTIOUS TRACHEOBRONCHITIS IS AN INFECTION OF THE TRACHEA AND THE LARGE AIR PASSAGES OF THE LUNGS.  IT IS CAUSED BY MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANISMS AND IS VERY CONTAGIOUS.

​RABIES….A FATAL VIRAL INFECTION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.  THE VIRUS IS TRANSMITTED FROM ANIMAL TO ANIMAL PRIMARILY THROUGH THE BITE OF AN INFECTECD ANIMAL.
YOUR DOG CAN BE SPAYED OR NEUTERED AT SIX MONTHS OF AGE.
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