1 YO Puppy Dies After Receiving Rabies Vaccine; Cause Undetermined



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Dog Dies After Receiving Rabies Vaccine; Cause Undetermined
Ana Jackson

By Ana Jackson
Reporter
Published: May 15, 2009

COLUMBUS,Ohio—Charity Frazier took her 1-year-old bulldog
mix puppy to the Franklin County Animal Shelter Friday
for a rabies vaccination.

The shot was administered by medvet.

Charity says her dog vomitted and turned blue after the
shot, but when she tried to bring the situation to
someone's attention, she says they brushed it off like
nothing was wrong.

Charity took the dog to the Obetz Animal Hospital, where
a veterinarian said the dog was suffocating and appeared
to be going through shock. Attempts to save the dog were
unsuccessful.

The Franklin County Dog Shelter says Charity did not tell
a medvet veterinarian what happened while she was at the
shelter, otherwise steps would have been taken to try
and save the dog.

The shelter is very apologetic but says this is a very
rare occurrence and has never happened there before.

The shelter workers vaccinated more than 800 dogs on
Friday and no others became sick. The shelter assumes
the death was a reaction to the vaccine but will not
know until an autopsy is complete.

The maker of the vaccine is paying for the autopsy.

Anyone who administers the vaccine is not required to
provide information about risks, but the shelter says
it is considering doing this in the future.

The veterinarian from the Obetz Animal Hospital stresses
this is a very rare occurrence and should not keep dog
owners from getting their dogs vaccinated.

Her advice is to stay in close proximity to any
veterinarian who administers the vaccine for at
least 20 minutes after a dog is vaccinated. That
way if it shows signs of a reaction, steps can be
taken to try and save it.

Signs of a reaction include vomiting, swelling and hives.

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This is my online comment:


Puppies and tiny dogs are being given the exact same
dose of rabies vaccine as dogs 10 times their size
and not surprisingly many of these puppies and tiny
dogs are having a disproportionate number of bad
reactions.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ARVaccineInfo/links/V_001243095379/
I have compiled some relevent videos into the folder
above if anyone wants to review them.

Bill Zardus