Contents of Today's Veterinary Practice - JAN-FEB 2012

Today's Veterinary Practice provides comprehensive information to keep every small animal practitioner up to date on companion animal medicine and surgery as well as practice building and management.

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Some things are meant to go together.
If their lifestyle warrants Bordetella vaccination, be sure to include canine influenza as well.
Is it influenza H3N8 or is it Bordetella? With similar risk factors and often-indistinguishable clinical signs, it is difficult to tell what's causing a dog's cough. Naive dogs have no natural immunity against flu, which can lead to serious complications, such as pneumonia and even death.1,2
And mingling with other dogs can increase the risk of infection. So why chance vaccinating against one and not the other?
Fortunately, there's Nobivac® Canine Flu H3N8…
A First canine flu vaccine fully licensed by the USDA A Proven safe and effective in over a million dogs3
To add Nobivac Canine Flu H3N8 to your lifestyle vaccination protocol, contact your Merck Animal Health sales representative or call Technical Services at 800-224-5318.
References: 1. Crawford C, Spindel M. Canine influenza. In: Miller L, Hurley K, eds. Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters. Ames, IA: Wiley-Blackwell; 2009:173–180. 2. Canine influenza backgrounder. AVMA Website. Available at: http://www.avma.org/public_health/influenza/canine_bgnd.asp. Published February 14, 2007. Accessed January 10, 2011. 3. Data on file, Merck Animal Health.
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