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One of the hottest topics in both human and veterinary vaccine is the expansion and recommendation of various influenza vaccinations including the canine influenza vaccination and the approval of a patent for a feline flu vaccination. In my opinion, I feel that we are truly flirting with disaster by widely disseminating such vaccinations amongst the animal public. |
As I mentioned in a previous blog, the development of canine influenza was believed to occur due to a crossing of species lines from equines (vaccinated intensely for equine influenza) to racing greyhounds housed at a Florida racetrack nearby back in 2004, thus introducing a new disease, because of the vaccination practices done on immune compromised racehorses and greyhounds. I should let this audience know that viruses of this class all have a strong tendency to mutate and/or affect other mammalian species. If these viruses (even from vaccinations) exchange protein sequences when co-infecting a mammalian cell (whether dog, cat, horse or human), and/or mutate from mass vaccination on people and animals, we could end up with a super virus that could truly be the next pandemic affecting multiple species, and be very difficult to treat.
We have already seen evidence of this sort of viral interaction recently just this past year at a prestigious immunology lab at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, Wisconsin. I personally have never been impressed with the efficacy of the human influenza vaccination programs over the years, and the still inclusion of mercury as an adjuvant in these vaccinations is a big red flag and concern for me, potentially being involved with chronic neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s.
And now that we are only beginning to “experiment” on our dogs and cats with “conditional” and unproven vaccinations with influenza viruses, the idea of now a feline flu vaccination only frightens me more about the possibility of a super virus developing that could affect all of us, both human and animal.
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