Vaccinations

Upon their first vaccination, your pet will be issued with a vaccination booklet that provides an official record of all vaccines administered. It is important to carry this with you when taking your pet to see a veterinarian, to attend dog shows and when traveling, for proof of vaccination if requested.

For puppies and kittens, we administer vaccines based on the recommended vaccination protocol. After this, repeated annual vaccinations are advised.

KEY

Canine parvo – The canine parvovirus is a highly-contagious virus that most severely affects unvaccinated puppies. Symptoms include lethargy, loss of appetite, abdominal pain and bloating, fever or hypothermia, vomiting, and severe, often bloody, diarrhoea.

DHLP – This is a combined shot that provides protection against canine distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis and parainfluenza.

• Canine distemper – The canine distemper virus attacks the digestive, respiratory and nervous systems, causing high fever, eye/nose discharge, labored breathing and coughing, vomiting and diarrhoea, loss of appetite and lethargy, and the hardening of nose and footpads.
• Hepatitis – Infectious canine hepatitis is caused by canine adenovirus-1. Symptoms may include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, discharge from the eyes and nose, abdominal pain and vomiting.
• Leptospirosis – This is an infection by Leptospira bacteria that can be transmitted to humans. This bacteria can affect the liver, causing jaundice or the kidneys, causing a change in the frequency or amount of urination and eventual dehydration. It can also affect the lungs, causing bleeding and laboured breathing.
• Parainfluenza – Canine parainfluenza virus (CPIV) is a highly contagious respiratory virus and is one of the most common pathogens of infectious tracheobronchitis, also known as kennel cough.

Rabies – The rabies virus affects the nervous system and causes fearfulness, aggression, excessive drooling, difficulty swallowing, staggering, paralysis and seizures. This disease can be spread to humans via the bite of an infected animal.

FVRCP – This is a combined shot that provides protection against feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR), calicivirus and panleukopenia.

• Feline rhinotracheitis – This a highly contagious disease caused by feline herpesvirus-1. It is the most common cause of upper respiratory infection in cats and causes fever, sneezing, inflamed eyes and nose, and discharge from nose and eyes. In severe cases depression, anorexia, weight loss and mouth ulcers may also occur.
• Feline calicivirus – This virus is the second most common cause of mild to severe upper respiratory infection and oral disease in cats. Symptoms of infection may include nasal congestion, yellow/green discharge from the eyes and nose and ulcers in the mouth.

Feline panleukopenia – Also referred to as feline distemper or parvo. This is a highly-contagious disease caused by the feline parvovirus that most severely affects unvaccinated kittens. Symptoms include lethargy, loss of appetite, fever, vomiting and severe diarrhoea