Rabies vaccine reactions are the reactions most often reported vaccines to the CVB (CA Center for Veterinary Biologics). Mature immune systems are less likely to react negatively.
Mature immune systems are more likely to produce immunity to disease after vaccination. 16 weeks is when most immune systems are considered mature.
Vaccines should be given at 16 weeks or later to avoid being blocked by maternal immunity.
The rabies vaccine should be given 2 weeks apart from other vaccines both to help stop reactions and also to allow vets to tell which vaccine caused any resultant reaction. 12 weeks of age is a common time to give the second round of puppy shots.
According to a Purdue University vet school study of 1.5 million dogs experiencing vaccine reactions, the more vaccines given at one visit, the greater the probability of a reaction. This is especially true for small and medium sized dogs.
Read what nationally renowned California vaccine expert Dr. Jean Dodds wrote to the CA Assembly when she advocated exemptions to rabies vaccination for dogs with health problems (which became Molly’s Law): http://www.dogs4dogs.com/blog/2010/06/15/rabies-vaccination-medical-exemptions-for-unhealthy-dogs/
It is unlikely there is an epidemic of puppies contracting rabies.
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Jan
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