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    The USDA allows vaccine manufacturers to relabel their 3 year rabies vaccines as 1 year products. This link http://www.calmanima...com/vaccine.htm , you will be taken to the Calm Animal Care website, which has posted Colorado State University's Small Animal Vaccination Protocol for its veterinary teaching hospital, which states:"Even with rabies vaccines, the label may be misleading in that a three year duration of immunity product may also be labeled and sold as a one year duration of immunity product." "In the case of Defensor 1 and Defensor 3 vaccines made by Pfizer, testing is th
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    Killeen, Texas unanimously passes 3 year rabies protocol. Killeen Approves Animal Ordinance http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=58214 Killeen Daily Herald 7/12/11 "The vaccination portion of the new amendment is aimed at decreasing instances of over-vaccination. "
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    TEXAS: Killeen City Council will hold a workshop July 5 to discuss adopting a 3 year rabies ordinance for the city. They will vote July 12. What You Can Do to Help: Contact the City Council members to vote in favor: Scott Cosper scosper@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 526-2167 Larry Cole lcole@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 289-7012 Billy Workman bworkman@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 338-8337 Kenny Wells kwells@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 681-4977 Juan Rivera jrivera@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 338-4304 Terry Clark tclark@ci.killeen.tx.us (254) 466-9082 PERMISSION GRANTED TO CROSS-POST
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    How Often Should You Vaccinate Your Cat or Dog?, an interview with Dr. Ronald Schultz in 4 parts: Part 1 Part 2
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    CALIFORNIA Rabies Waiver Bill AB 258 http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_258_bill_20110531_status.html has a Senate Health Committee hearing on June 8, 2011. Contact Committee Chair Senator Ed Hernandez senator.hernandez@senate.ca.gov (916) 651-4024 and ask the committee to vote "OUGHT TO PASS."
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    PENNSYLVANIA Veterinary Disclosure Bill SB 768 http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0768&pn=0782'>http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0768&pn=0782 has been filed by Senator Michael J. Stack and referred to the Senate Consumer Protection Committee. Please contact the Committe Chair Robert M. Tomlinson rtomlinson@pasen.gov (717) 787-5072 and ask his committee to v
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    California Medical Exemption Bill AB 258 "Do Pass" 5/4/11 Appropriations Committee 17-0 vote http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_258_bill_20110504_status.html
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    CALIFORNIA Medical Exemption Bill AB 258 ("Molly's Bill") passed the Assembly Agriculture Committee yesterday 9-0 "on consent" http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_258_bill_20110406_status.html and has been referred to the Appropriations Committee.
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    CALIFORNIA Rabies Medical Exemption Bill AB 258 Hearing Date April 6 http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_258_bill_20110310_status.html before the Assembly Agriculture Committee. Please contact Committee Chair Cathleen Galgiani (916) 319-2017 Assemblymember.Galgiani@assembly.ca.gov and ask the committee to vote "ought to pass." Please attend the hearing if you can and share this message with everyone you know in California, the more California pet owners the committee hears from, the more likely the bill will pass. PERMISSION GRANTED TO CROSS-POST
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    CALIFORNIA Rabies Medical Exemption Bill AB 258 (Molly's Bill) http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_258_bill_20110222_status.html has been referred to the Agriculture Committee. Please contact Committee members (especially Chair Galgiani (916) 319-2017 Assemblymember.Galgiani@assembly.ca.gov ) and ask that they vote "Ought to Pass." 2011 California Agriculture Committee http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/newcomframeset.asp?committee=53 Committee Phone (916) 319-2084 Cathleen Galgiani - Chair (916) 319-2017 Assemblymember.Galgiani@assembly.ca.gov David
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    NEW MEXICO: HB 341 Rabies Waivers Bill--Hearing this Friday, 2/25/11 ACTION ALERT http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/bills/house/HB0341.html Contact Representative Dodge (505) 986-4255 georgedodge63@yahoo.com and Representative Madalena jrmadalena@fsipinc.org (505) 986-4417 in support of bill ATTEND HEARING if you can. This is your chance to get a rabies medical exemption bill passed in New Mexico! I urge all New Mexico residents to contact the two Representatives above to voice support for HB 341. If you can, please attend Friday's hearing. This bill faces stiff opposition
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    The hearing on HB 341 has been postponed until Friday, February 25th, so there is still time to register your support for a rabies medical exemption for New Mexico's dogs and cats who have been diagnosed by a veterinarian as being too ill to be vaccinated. The New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association Board http://www.nmvma.org/ABOUT_board.html is lobbying against this medical exemption bill despite the fact that a minority of their members oppose medical exemptions, so it is crucial that the Agriculture Committee http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/committeedisplay.aspx?CommitteeCode=HAGC has over
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    NEW MEXICO Rabies Medical Exemption Bill HB 341 has been filed by Representative George Dodge http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/bills/house/HB0341.html and will be heard by the Agriculture & Water Resources Committee this Friday, February 18th. It is urgent that all concerned New Mexico pet owners immediately contact the Committee as the rabies medical exemption bill is being opposed by the New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association. What You Can Do to Help Contact the Chair and other members of the Committee (members and contact information below) and ask that the commi
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    NEW MEXICO: Rabies Waiver Petition -- please sign and cross-post! http://www.change.org/petitions/new-mexico-take-action-to-help-pets-too-sick-to-receive-rabies-vaccines?share_id=KBUouGvFmk&pe=pce
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    Las Cruces Sun-News 2/12/11 http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_17374067 On the Positive Side: Clairification of Rabies Vaccination Sought "There is serious concern that vaccination of a dog and cat with medical conditions may jeopardize the life and well being of the cat or dog. There is also a possibility that the vaccine may fail to elicit the appropriate immune response in an unhealthy animal, and that appropriate immune response is necessary for pubic safety. For these reasons, pet owners across the state are seeking official clarification to the regulation so that exe
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    TEXAS: Bell County Relaxes Rabies Shots Requirements Temple Daily Telegram 2/8/11 http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2011/02/08/72249/ "the county has essentially adopted the state standard, which allows an attending veterinarian to determine, together with the pet owner, how often the shots are needed. "
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    PENNSYLVANIA Rabies Medical Exemption Bill SB 90 http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2011&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=0090 re-introduced by Senator Greenleaf is before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Please contact members below asking them to vote to pass this bill. PERMISSION GRANTED TO CROSS-POST Members of the Pennsylvania Senate Agriculture Committee Senator Elder Vogel, Chair (717) 787-3076 Evogel@pasen.gov Senator Michael Waugh, Vice-Chair (717) 787-3817 mwaugh@pasen.gov Senator Lisa Boscola (717) 787-4236 boscola@pasenate.com
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    NEW MEXICO--Rabies Medical Exemptions, Urgent Action Alert: In order to get a rabies medical exemption bill filed this session, legislators must hear from the public in force. What You Can Do to Help Please find your legislators' contact information here http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislatorsearch.aspx and ask them to file a rabies medical exemption bill on your behalf and ask all the pet owners in New Mexico you know to do the same. Despite the survey results showing that the majority (55%) of New Mexico's veterinarians do NOT OPPOSE rabies waivers, the New Mexico Veterinary Med
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    MINNESOTA -- Action Alert The Board of Animal Health is planning a statewide rabies rule http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/statewide/archive/2011/01/minnesota-plans-statewide-rabies-rule.shtml (please copy and paste links into browser if they do not work by clicking on them). Below is the letter faxed to the State Veterinarian on behalf of the The Rabies Challenge Fund Charitable Trust. What You Can Do to Help: Contact State Veterinarian, Dr. Hartman bill.hartmann@bah.state.mn.us 651-296-2942 and legislators http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/faq/faqtoc.asp
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    CALIFORNIA: Rabies Medical Exemption Petition http://www.change.org/petitions/view/california_take_action_to_help_dogs_too_ill_to_receive_the_rabies_vaccine for California residents. If the link to the petition does not work by clicking on it, simply copy and paste it into your browser. Please ask all the California residents you know to sign this petition. Veterinary student Lisa Lippman has started a petition to get Rabies Medical Exemption legislation reintroduced in California. Lisa's story and another link to petition: http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/vet-student-assists-
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    Biogal Announces the Launch of the Canine VacciCheck in the USA 1/5/11 PRNewswire http://www.sys-con.com/node/1665681 "We at Biogal see this as an ideal opportunity to present to our customers a product that can assist in reducing over vaccination and subsequent potential adverse reactions for dogs" said Amos Gershony, Biogal's General Manager. The Canine VacciCheck kit is intended to be used as a diagnostic tool to evaluate the antibody response to the core vaccination or infection by Infectious Canine Hepatitis, Canine Parvovirus and Distemper Virus.
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    Steve, this is a good thing because dogs do not need to be vaccinated against rabies any more often than once every 3 years. In terms of efficacy and duration of immunity, veterinary research scientists say that the 3 and 1 year vaccines are the same (see below). Because the rabies vaccine is the most potent of all the veterinary vaccines and has the most adverse effects associated with it (including fibrosarcomas at injection sites, auto immune hemolytic anemia, etc.....), dogs should not be vaccinated any any more often than is necessary to maintain immunity against rabies. Accordin
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    PENNSYLVANIA: Rabies Medical Exemption Action Alert -- Senator Stewart J. Greenleaf will reintroduce SB 1454 http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1454&pn=2164'>http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1454&pn=2164 in an effort to get a rabies medical exemption clause inserted into the Pennsylvania Rabies Code in the January session. What You Can Do to Help Co
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    WACO, TX city council unanimously approves 3 year rabies ordinance on 2nd reading 12/7/10: http://www.waco-texas.com/pdf/agendas/2010-12-07%20Action.pdf "Ordinance #2010-696; amending sections 5-61 (a) in Chapter 5, Animals, of the Code of Ordinances, to change the rabies vaccinations requirement from annual to every three (3) years... Second Reading. Approved 5-0" The ordinance should be in effect 10 days after it is published. For more information, call the City Manager's office at (254)-750-5640. PERMISSION GRANTED TO CROSS-POST
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