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The adverse effects of vaccinations are well documented. Vaccine manufacturers admit that vaccines can cause
encephalitis. Since any portion of the immune system can be affected, vaccines can also cause various clinical
symptoms, such as meningeal, encephalitic, brain stem, spinal cord, and neurotic conditions. Other effects
include diarrhea, vomiting, flatulence, gastroenteritis, stomach aches, headaches, enuresis, constipation,
breathing difficulties, hyperactivity, obsessiveness, inattentiveness, mental retardation, seizures, paralysis, and
aggression, to name a few.

When pets react to a vaccine with drowsiness and a slight fever, or by not eating, there is every reason to fear
that there is the hypersensitivity reaction described in the vaccine manufacturers' literature. This reaction can
cause inflammation, which can lead to encephalitis, which is capable of producing quite severe neurologic
consequences -- even death. What's more, the results need not even manifest themselves immediately for
damage to ensue. There now exists a growing theoretical concern which links immunization to the high increase
in autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lymphoma, and leukemia. Many pets with
behavioral problems, allergies, organ damage, skin problems, eating disorders, autoimmune diseases, arthritis,
etc., could well trace their origin back to the door of the veterinary practice, and to the needle.

An alternative to conventional vaccines is checking for titers of specific diseases. Titer is the name for a
serological test (i.e., a simple blood test) that measures a specific concentration of a given immunoglobin. The
only way to quantify any kind of measurement on how the immune system responded to vaccines is by checking
the concentration of serum neutralizing, heamagglutination inhibition, and/or indirect fluorescent antibody titers.
However, it is important to understand that just because the patient has developed titers, it doesn't mean that it
will be 100% protected. The same holds true for vaccines. Just because the animal has been vaccinated, it doesn't
mean that they will be protected at all. It is up to the immune system to react and maintain the system. On the
other hand, there have been studies done in which pets that have no measurable heimoral antibody titers have
been exposed experimentally to viruses and have not developed the disease.

Recommendations for retesting vaccine titers are every two years. We emphasize that the immune system must
be kept in top shape! Annual vaccination is a practice that started many years ago but lacks scientific validity or
verification. Immunity to viruses can last for years, if not for the lifetime of the animal. If a pet has developed titers
against a disease, subsequent responses to revaccinations would be rendered ineffective by those titers.
Vaccinations have been and still are being misused by our own medical peers. This will continue unless we
educate ourselves and begin to change the way veterinarians do business. This should be our common goal.