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Dogs Diner, Warren Way, Moreton, Wirral
Cost £40.00
Give them a ring to make an appointment 0151 678 2588
https://www.dogsdiner.co.uk/vaccicheck
We visit about every 3 months to do a vaccicheck clinic on the Wirral her in Moreton. I am also able to see clients there for holistic consultions – contact me for those by email first
The staff at the Dogs Diner are very knowledgeable about raw and real food diet, natural methods of parasite control call in and see their amazing stock of raw foods, supplements including their own kefir & bone broth and much more.
We can do these for 1 or 2 folk Late October early November ring and speak to Claire or pop in to buy food or browse the other stock.
If you would like to have a titre test done in Chester then contact Claire we can arrange to meet there and get your pet sampled and examined. This is my nearest raw and natural feeding store and is worth a visit for advice and selection of foods.
When we get enough to hold a clinic we shall arrange one but I can meet you there for the odd couple of pets as well
Cost £45.00 for < 3 pets >3 is £40
For further information, please call us 01244 880470 or Claire on 07930 051368 or book on line at
https://www.imperial-pets.com/
You can read more about what vaccicheck is on the blog here or in the old website here but basically we take a drop of blood from your pet, and test is for levels of antibody to Distemper Parvovirus and Adenovirus so you can be reassured your companion does not need vaccinating again
A new study has found that more than half of dog owners express some level of canine vaccine hesitation and are skeptical about the safety and efficacy of administering routine vaccinations to their dogs. A nationally representative survey of 2200 adults in the USA was undertaken in early 2023. It documents a pervasive canine vaccination hesitation amongst dog owners. The research demonstrates a large minority of dog owners consider vaccines administered to dogs to be unsafe (37%), ineffective (22%), and/or unnecessary (30%). A slight majority of dog owners (53%) endorse at least one of these three positions.
Public confidence in human vaccination declined during the pandemic, largely caused by a lack of trust and misperceptions in the efficacy and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine. This hesitancy appears to also extend to pet vaccinations. Troublingly, vaccine hesitation was found to be associated with rabies non-vaccination, as well as opposition to evidence-based vaccine policies, potentially leading to serious human and animal health consequences.
Titer (or this side of the pond titre) testing offers a more tailored approach to vaccination in place of routine annual vaccination, and could be a way to increase vaccination confidence. WSAVA guidelinesover the last decade have changed – current best practice vaccination guidelines are to safely and minimally vaccinate and effectively immunise all pets. It may be time to start questioning traditional vaccine protocols.
Serology testing helps ensure core vaccine boosters are only given when there’s an evidence base to do so. It seems to me and is shown by this research in the US at least that this is what many pet guardians want and more veterinarians should offer them.
Without incorporating serology testing into veterinary practice recommendations, practices are administering core vaccine boosters without an evidence base to do so. It is time to start questioning antiquated vaccine booster protocols. Are they necessary? Can they cause harm? Are they in the patient’s best interest? Are they in the clinic’s best interests? What are the alternatives?
Best practice vaccination guidelines are to safely and minimally vaccinate and effectively immunise all pets. This can be achieved with a minimal vaccine protocol that incorporates titer tests and a tailored health plan for every pet.
You can read about what we do, the test we use and a lot more on the Natural medicine / vaccicheck page on the advice site. and if you are really interested what Prof Hall explain about testing on the video below.
We run a clinic in our area most months – you can see the dates pinned to the top of this blog/news pages We get a dozen to 20 dogs in at one session and so can charge just £40.00 to do the testing as we can then do 12-20 tests simultaneously. Your LVP (local Vet Practice) would most likely have to send tests to an external lab and pay for premises so can charge 2-3 times as much understandably.
`If you watch the video below you will see Richard Hall advocates titre testing at
You can read more on the following documents
Biogal Labs pages for even more stuff
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