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Educação em Veterinária/tendências , Médicos Veterinários/provisão & distribuição , Medicina Veterinária/estatística & dados numéricos , Animais , Coleta de Dados , Humanos , Internet , Faculdades de Medicina Veterinária , Fatores de Tempo , Estados Unidos , Médicos Veterinários/economia , Médicos Veterinários/tendências , Medicina Veterinária/economia , Medicina Veterinária/organização & administração , Medicina Veterinária/tendênciasRESUMO
In 2005, AAHA's Canine Vaccine Task Force met to reexamine and revise guidelines on the use of vaccines in dogs. The results of the Task Force's work are summarized and tabulated in this article and are published in their entirety on the AAHA website (www.aahanet.org). The 2006 AAHA Canine Vaccine Guidelines contain information on new technological developments in vaccines, an introduction to conditionally licensed vaccines, and detailed recommendations on the use of available vaccines. Perhaps the most noteworthy addition to the guidelines is a separate set of recommendations created for shelter facilities. Vaccines are classified as core (universally recommended), noncore (optional), or not recommended. The Task Force recognizes that vaccination decisions must always be made on an individual basis, based on risk and lifestyle factors.
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Doenças do Cão/prevenção & controle , Vacinação/veterinária , Vacinas/administração & dosagem , Medicina Veterinária/normas , Animais , Cães , Estilo de Vida , Fatores de Risco , Sociedades Médicas , Estados Unidos , Vacinação/métodos , Vacinação/normasRESUMO
The AAHA has undertaken the development of this document in an effort to inform veterinary practitioners, clarify misunderstandings held by veterinarians, and encourage practitioners to recognize that immunization of patients is a medical procedure. As such, it is bound by the same tenets that govern the recommendation of other medical procedures-principally, that it be tailored to the needs of the individual patient. Many diseases we immunize against are ubiquitous. Many are serious and some even life threatening. Some are of limited demographic concern given the exposure risk for each patient. These factors have all been considered in developing the AAHA Canine Vaccination Guidelines. In the end, each veterinarian must do what he or she determines to be in the best interest of the patient. Vaccination of individual animals produces not only individual immunity but also population or herd immunity. Since we have no readily available and reliable way to determine if each patient has developed an adequate immune response, we encourage the practice philosophy of vaccinating more patients while vaccinating each patient no more than needed.
