Kennel Cough Vaccine for your dog

jamieA

I've read a couple of older posts here on the subject of the kennel cough vaccine and the immunosuppressed but thought I'd just give my recent experience.

I took my dog Finn to the vet yesterday for his annual vaccinations. I'd previously never thought of any issues with me being immunocompromised and his vaccinations. During the chat with the vet beforehand she asked if anyone in the household was immunocompromised. When I told her I was she said she wouldn't give him the nasal vaccine for kennel cough as it's a live vaccine but would give him a newer injectable vaccine called Nobivac Respira Bb which is an inactivated bacterial vaccine given as a two stage injection 4 weeks apart. She said for me to still be cautious though as it reduces bacterial shedding but doesn't eliminate it.

One downside of it is that it's not covered under his annual pet health club plan so I had to pay for it separately.

Ellen

Thank you for this information @jamieA it is really interesting. There is a solution which is safer for those of us who are immunosuppressed.

and I was thinking might be relevant too, for parents of children who need vaccinations.

Of course those vaccines are definitely not available under the pet health club!

Thank you again

Ellen.

Woofy

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/63405/kennel-cough-vaccine-for-your-dog

Hi jameA.
my girl doesn’t have kennel cough vaccine. I don’t put her in kennels anyway, so didn’t see much point. I am immune suppressed also.

Woofy

jamieA

Hi @Woofy

I don't put my dog in kennels either but he does associate with other dogs regularly. My vet recommends the kennel cough vaccine if your dog regularly meets other dogs. It's a highly contagious disease spread through the droplets released when an infected dog coughs. It can be picked up by another dog from surfaces the infected dog has coughed onto so the dogs don't even need to be socialising for it to be transmitted.