HOW IMPORTANT IS VACCINATION FOR PETS?

WRITTEN BY Dr. SANELA

Vaccines stimulate the immune system in making antibodies that destroy disease-causing microorganisms entering the body. CAT AND DOG VACCINATION protects your PET from highly contagious and deadly infectious diseases. Vaccination prevents a pet from contracting an infectious disease or developing much milder clinical symptoms than non-vaccinated animals. 

Regarding VACCINE ALLERGIC REACTIONS, most pets respond well to vaccines. VACCINE-SIDE EFFECTS are possible after each VACCINATION, but the risk should be weighed against the many benefits and protection of your PET and your family from deadly infectious diseases. 

Post-vaccination side effects that may occur are usually mild and occur a few hours after VACCINATION. Possible side effects are swelling and soreness at the injection site, mild fever, and decreased appetite and activity. If the signs last longer than 24-48 hours, you must go to the vet. After intranasal vaccination, sneezing, mild cough, and runny nose may be observed 2 to 5 days after vaccination. 

An ALLERGIC REACTION AFTER VACCINATION is a serious side effect that occurs a few minutes to a few hours after VACCINATION and requires urgent veterinary intervention. Symptoms include severe vomiting and diarrhea, lumps on the skin, difficulty breathing and swelling of the snout, face, neck, and around the eyes, and collapse. A hard painless lump may also form at the injection site that will disappear after a few weeks. 

A serious SIDE EFFECT AFTER CATS VACCINATION is a tumor (sarcoma) at the injection site. With the advancement of vaccination techniques and methods, this side effect is becoming less common. If your PET has had any of the side effects, be sure to tell your veterinarian before the next vaccination. 

The vaccination schedule for each PET is determined by the veterinarian because it depends on the geographical area where the animal lives and its way of life. It is important that the owner follows the instructions completely and does not miss VACCINATIONS. 

KITTENS and PUPPIES do not have a developed immune system and are very susceptible to infectious diseases. Incomplete VACCINATION leads to incomplete protection and pups are more susceptible to infectious diseases. What surely is important to emphasize are the already mentioned benefits that your PET gets the vaccine in relation to the PRICE OF VACCINATION. Therefore, we VACCINATE our PETS, to protect not only them but ourselves and our family!

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VETERINARY ADVICE AND PET HEALTH

WRITTEN BY Dr. SANELA

Greetings to all readers and followers of our BLOG!

We are announcing a new column "VETERINARY ADVICE AND PET HEALTH", which will be led by univ.mag.med.vet and our friend and personal veterinarian of all our cats, Sanela Samec-Komljenović. Today we will present her with her interesting and impressive CV.

The following is her short biography:

I was born on January 18, 1979. in Bjelovar (Europe-Croatia). Since early childhood, I have shown a tendency to help animals, inherited from my mother. We have always had many animals and regularly adopted animals that have difficulty finding a home. This is how I encounter diseases such as scabies or microsporidiosis. After graduating from high school, I return to the desire and love from my childhood and enroll in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Right at the beginning, I realized that this is what I want to do all my life and that it is the right choice for me.

In each year of study, I was the winner of the "DEAN'S AWARD FOR THE BEST STUDENT "of the Year, and in 2002 I received the "DEAN'S AWARD" for the work that I did together with my colleague Tomislava Reberski on the topic: "Some peculiarities of the dynamics of the city pigeon (Columba livia domestica)".

After graduating, I got a job in the veterinary clinic "Majcan" as a field veterinarian, and since 2008 I have been working in the clinic for pets at the same clinic.

I am constantly upgrading my knowledge, first with a specialist postgraduate study in internal medicine of pets, which gives me the title of univ.mag.med.vet., And later by constant education at organized gatherings in the field of small practice and constant monitoring of online webinars in my profession.

After this impressive biography, we are announcing the first topic that will be discussed in our new column, and that is "THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATION OF DOGS AND CATS". We also invite you to suggest topics in your comments that you would like to read about in this section.

We will try to fulfill all your wishes written in the comments and we hope that our dear Dr. SANELA will meet all your expectations in the form of quality texts about pets, and especially about dogs and cats.

"We take care of our pets as for ourselves"

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