So, I went to the vet yesterday and had V's yearly vaccination jabs done. I asked the vet about having the blood tests done instead to see if he still has a resistance from previous shots he's had. (Told her i'd heard about this on my friendly US forum - thanks to Nano and others
- see i do listen! :wink: ) Anyhow she says they don't tend do it in France and that the Americans are more advanced in these things.
She explained that she'd just blood tested her own bulldog to see if the rabies shot was effective (she's going to the UK in summer where you have to have a blood test 6 months before you travel to the UK and another 24 hours before travelling). Turns out her dog's rabies shot hadn't worked so she had to do another plus another blood test. 62 euros (90 dollars) per blood test and the labs don't even give vets a discount :roll:
So to cut a long story short she explained:
1. Vaccinations don't always work (like for humans it depends on many factors).
2. You can get a shot to protect against leptospirosis (sp?) but this won't cover all strains of it.
And in France if it's 90 dollars just to test if the rabies jab has worked - testing for the 5 other illnesses the jab covers would cost rather a lot methinks 8O Not to mention you'd have to start over for ones that haven't worked :roll:
She explained that she'd just blood tested her own bulldog to see if the rabies shot was effective (she's going to the UK in summer where you have to have a blood test 6 months before you travel to the UK and another 24 hours before travelling). Turns out her dog's rabies shot hadn't worked so she had to do another plus another blood test. 62 euros (90 dollars) per blood test and the labs don't even give vets a discount :roll:
So to cut a long story short she explained:
1. Vaccinations don't always work (like for humans it depends on many factors).
2. You can get a shot to protect against leptospirosis (sp?) but this won't cover all strains of it.
And in France if it's 90 dollars just to test if the rabies jab has worked - testing for the 5 other illnesses the jab covers would cost rather a lot methinks 8O Not to mention you'd have to start over for ones that haven't worked :roll: