Purdue performed a study of vaccine induced disease in dogs and published the results in 1999.
But why this is important is what is proved out. It found that in 100 percent. Yes every single dog vaccinated developed inflammation and antibodies - to their own bodies! Even their own DNA in some cases.
I can not sum up this article any better than below so please do read through and very very VERY seriously reconsider the next time your vet wants to "update" your pets vaccines.
https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/purdue-vaccination-studies/
copied in full/ faithfully below
A team at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted
several studies (1,2) to determine if vaccines can cause changes in the
immune system of dogs that might lead to life-threatening
immune-mediated diseases. They obviously conducted this research because
concern already existed. It was sponsored by the Haywood Foundation
which itself was looking for evidence that such changes in the human
immune system might also be vaccine induced. It found the evidence.
The
vaccinated, but not the non-vaccinated, dogs in the Purdue studies
developed autoantibodies to many of their own biochemicals, including
fibronectin, laminin, DNA, albumin, cytochrome C, cardiolipin and
collagen.
This means that the vaccinated dogs — “but not the
non-vaccinated dogs”– were attacking their own fibronectin, which is
involved in tissue repair, cell multiplication and growth, and
differentiation between tissues and organs in a living organism.
The
vaccinated Purdue dogs also developed autoantibodies to laminin, which
is involved in many cellular activities including the adhesion,
spreading, differentiation, proliferation and movement of cells.
Vaccines thus appear to be capable of removing the natural intelligence
of cells.
Autoantibodies to cardiolipin are frequently found in
patients with the serious disease systemic lupus erythematosus and also
in individuals with other autoimmune diseases. The presence of elevated
anti-cardiolipin antibodies is significantly associated with clots
within the heart or blood vessels, in poor blood clotting, haemorrhage,
bleeding into the skin, foetal loss and neurological conditions.
The
Purdue studies also found that vaccinated dogs were developing
autoantibodies to their own collagen. About one quarter of all the
protein in the body is collagen. Collagen provides structure to our
bodies, protecting and supporting the softer tissues and connecting them
with the skeleton. It is no wonder that Canine Health Concern’s 1997
study of 4,000 dogs showed a high number of dogs developing mobility
problems shortly after they were vaccinated (noted in my 1997 book, What
Vets Don’t Tell You About Vaccines).
Perhaps most worryingly, the Purdue studies
found that the vaccinated dogs had developed autoantibodies to their
own DNA. Did the alarm bells sound? Did the scientific community call a
halt to the vaccination program? No. Instead, they stuck their fingers
in the air, saying more research is needed to ascertain whether vaccines
can cause genetic damage. Meanwhile, the study dogs were found good
homes, but no long-term follow-up has been conducted. At around the same
time, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Vaccine-Associated Feline Sarcoma Task Force initiated several studies
to find out why 160,000 cats each year in the USA develop terminal
cancer at their vaccine injection sites.(3) The fact that cats can get
vaccine-induced cancer has been acknowledged by veterinary bodies around
the world, and even the British Government acknowledged it through its
Working Group charged with the task of looking into canine and feline
vaccines(4) following pressure from Canine Health Concern. What do you
imagine was the advice of the AVMA Task Force, veterinary bodies and
governments? “Carry on vaccinating until we find out why vaccines are
killing cats, and which cats are most likely to die.”
In
America, in an attempt to mitigate the problem, they’re vaccinating
cats in the tail or leg so they can amputate when cancer appears. Great
advice if it’s not your cat amongst the hundreds of thousands on the
“oops” list.
But other species are okay – right? Wrong. In August
2003, the Journal of Veterinary Medicine carried an Italian study which
showed that dogs also develop vaccine-induced cancers at their
injection sites.(5) We already know that vaccine-site cancer is a
possible sequel to human vaccines, too, since the Salk polio vaccine was
said to carry a monkey retrovirus (from cultivating the vaccine on
monkey organs) that produces inheritable cancer. The monkey retrovirus
SV40 keeps turning up in human cancer sites.
It is also widely
acknowledged that vaccines can cause a fast-acting, usually fatal,
disease called autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA). Without treatment,
and frequently with treatment, individuals can die in agony within a
matter of days. Merck, itself a multinational vaccine manufacturer,
states in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy that autoimmune
haemolytic anaemia may be caused by modified live-virus vaccines, as do
Tizard’s Veterinary Immunology (4th edition) and the Journal of
Veterinary Internal Medicine.(6) The British Government’s Working Group,
despite being staffed by vaccine-industry consultants who say they are
independent, also acknowledged this fact. However, no one warns the pet
owners before their animals are subjected to an unnecessary booster, and
very few owners are told why after their pets die of AIHA.
A Wide Range of Vaccine-induced Diseases
We
also found some worrying correlations between vaccine events and the
onset of arthritis in our 1997 survey. Our concerns were compounded by
research in the human field.
The New England Journal of Medicine,
for example, reported that it is possible to isolate the rubella virus
from affected joints in children vaccinated against rubella. It also
told of the isolation of viruses from the peripheral blood of women with
prolonged arthritis following vaccination.(7)
Then, in 2000,
CHC’s findings were confirmed by research which showed that
polyarthritis and other diseases like amyloidosis, which affects organs
in dogs, were linked to the combined vaccine given to dogs.(8) There is a
huge body of research, despite the paucity of funding from the vaccine
industry, to confirm that vaccines can cause a wide range of brain and
central nervous system damage. Merck itself states in its Manual that
vaccines (i.e., its own products) can cause encephalitis: brain
inflammation/damage. In some cases, encephalitis involves lesions in the
brain and throughout the central nervous system. Merck states that
“examples are the encephalitides following measles, chickenpox, rubella,
smallpox vaccination, vaccinia, and many other less well defined viral
infections”.
When the dog owners who took part in the CHC survey
reported that their dogs developed short attention spans, 73.1% of the
dogs did so within three months of a vaccine event. The same percentage
of dogs was diagnosed with epilepsy within three months of a shot (but
usually within days). We also found that 72.5% of dogs that were
considered by their owners to be nervous and of a worrying disposition,
first exhibited these traits within the three-month post-vaccination
period.
I would like to add for the sake of Oliver, my friend who
suffered from paralysed rear legs and death shortly after a vaccine
shot, that “paresis” is listed in Merck’s Manual as a symptom of
encephalitis. This is defined as muscular weakness of a neural (brain)
origin which involves partial or incomplete paralysis, resulting from
lesions at any level of the descending pathway from the brain. Hind limb
paralysis is one of the potential consequences. Encephalitis,
incidentally, is a disease that can manifest across the scale from mild
to severe and can also cause sudden death.
Organ failure must
also be suspected when it occurs shortly after a vaccine event. Dr Larry
Glickman, who spearheaded the Purdue research into post-vaccination
biochemical changes in dogs, wrote in a letter to Cavalier Spaniel
breeder Bet Hargreaves:
“Our ongoing studies of dogs show that
following routine vaccination, there is a significant rise in the level
of antibodies dogs produce against their own tissues. Some of these
antibodies have been shown to target the thyroid gland, connective
tissue such as that found in the valves of the heart, red blood cells,
DNA, etc. I do believe that the heart conditions in Cavalier King
Charles Spaniels could be the end result of repeated immunisations by
vaccines containing tissue culture contaminants that cause a progressive
immune response directed at connective tissue in the heart valves. The
clinical manifestations would be more pronounced in dogs that have a
genetic predisposition [although] the findings should be generally
applicable to all dogs regardless of their breed.”
I must mention here that Dr Glickman believes that vaccines are a necessary evil, but that safer vaccines need to be developed.
Vaccines Stimulate an Inflammatory Response
The
word “allergy” is synonymous with “sensitivity” and “inflammation”. It
should, by rights, also be synonymous with the word “vaccination”. This
is what vaccines do: they sensitise (render allergic)an individual in
the process of forcing them to develop antibodies to fight a disease
threat. In other words, as is acknowledged and accepted, as part of the
vaccine process the body will respond with inflammation. This may be
apparently temporary or it may be longstanding.
Holistic doctors
and veterinarians have known this for at least 100 years. They talk
about a wide range of inflammatory or “-itis” diseases which arise
shortly after a vaccine event. Vaccines, in fact, plunge many
individuals into an allergic state. Again, this is a disorder that
ranges from mild all the way through to the suddenly fatal. Anaphylactic
shock is the culmination: it’s where an individual has a massive
allergic reaction to a vaccine and will die within minutes if adrenaline
or its equivalent is not administered.
There are some
individuals who are genetically not well placed to withstand the vaccine
challenge. These are the people (and animals are “people”, too) who
have inherited faulty B and T cell function. B and T cells are
components within the immune system which identify foreign invaders and
destroy them, and hold the invader in memory so that they cannot cause
future harm. However, where inflammatory responses are concerned, the
immune system overreacts and causes unwanted effects such as allergies
and other inflammatory conditions.
Merck warns in its Manual that
patients with, or from families with, B and/or T cell
immunodeficiencies should not receive live-virus vaccines due to the
risk of severe or fatal infection. Elsewhere, it lists features of B and
T cell immunodeficiencies as food allergies, inhalant allergies,
eczema, dermatitis, neurological deterioration and heart disease. To
translate, people with these conditions can die if they receive
live-virus vaccines. Their immune systems are simply not competent
enough to guarantee a healthy reaction to the viral assault from
modified live-virus vaccines.
Modified live-virus (MLV) vaccines
replicate in the patient until an immune response is provoked. If a
defence isn’t stimulated, then the vaccine continues to replicate until
it gives the patient the very disease it was intending to prevent.
Alternatively,
a deranged immune response will lead to inflammatory conditions such as
arthritis, pancreatitis, colitis, encephalitis and any number of
autoimmune diseases such as cancer and leukaemia, where the body attacks
its own cells.
A new theory, stumbled upon by Open University
student Gary Smith, explains what holistic practitioners have been
saying for a very long time. Here is what a few of the holistic vets
have said in relation to their patients:
Dr Jean Dodds: “Many
veterinarians trace the present problems with allergic and immunologic
diseases to the introduction of MLV vaccines…” (9)
Christina
Chambreau, DVM: “Routine vaccinations are probably the worst thing that
we do for our animals. They cause all types of illnesses, but not
directly to where we would relate them definitely to be caused by the
vaccine.” (10)
Martin Goldstein, DVM: “I think that vaccines…are leading killers of dogs and cats in America today.”
Dr
Charles E. Loops, DVM: “Homoeopathic veterinarians and other holistic
practitioners have maintained for some time that vaccinations do more
harm than they provide benefits.” (12)
Mike Kohn, DVM: “In
response to this [vaccine] violation, there have been increased
autoimmune diseases (allergies being one component), epilepsy, neoplasia
[tumours], as well as behavioural problems in small animals.” (13)
A Theory on Inflammation
Gary
Smith explains what observant healthcare practitioners have been saying
for a very long time, but perhaps they’ve not understood why their
observations led them to say it. His theory, incidentally, is causing a
huge stir within the inner scientific sanctum. Some believe that his
theory could lead to a cure for many diseases including cancer. For me,
it explains why the vaccine process is inherently questionable.
Gary
was learning about inflammation as part of his studies when he struck
upon a theory so extraordinary that it could have implications for the
treatment of almost every inflammatory disease — including Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s, rheumatoid arthritis and even HIV and AIDS.
Gary’s
theory questions the received wisdom that when a person gets ill, the
inflammation that occurs around the infected area helps it to heal. He
claims that, in reality, inflammation prevents the body from recognising
a foreign substance and therefore serves as a hiding place for
invaders. The inflammation occurs when at-risk cells produce receptors
called All (known as angiotensin II type I receptors). He says that
while At1 has a balancing receptor, At2, which is supposed to switch off
the inflammation, in most diseases this does not happen.
“Cancer
has been described as the wound that never heals,” he says. “All
successful cancers are surrounded by inflammation. Commonly this is
thought to be the body’s reaction to try to fight the cancer, but this
is not the case.
“The inflammation is not the body trying to
fight the infection. It is actually the virus or bacteria deliberately
causing inflammation in order to hide from the immune system [author’s
emphasis].” (14)
If Gary is right, then the inflammatory process
so commonly stimulated by vaccines is not, as hitherto assumed, a
necessarily acceptable sign. Instead, it could be a sign that the viral
or bacterial component, or the adjuvant (which, containing foreign
protein, is seen as an invader by the immune system), in the vaccine is
winning by stealth.
If Gary is correct in believing that the
inflammatory response is not protective but a sign that invasion is
taking place under cover of darkness, vaccines are certainly not the
friends we thought they were. They are undercover assassins working on
behalf of the enemy, and vets and medical doctors are unwittingly acting
as collaborators. Worse, we animal guardians and parents are actually
paying doctors and vets to unwittingly betray our loved ones.
Potentially,
vaccines are the stealth bomb of the medical world. They are used to
catapult invaders inside the castle walls where they can wreak havoc,
with none of us any the wiser. So rather than experiencing frank viral
diseases such as the ‘flu, measles, mumps and rubella (and, in the case
of dogs, parvovirus and distemper), we are allowing the viruses to win
anyway – but with cancer, leukaemia and other inflammatory or autoimmune
(self-attacking) diseases taking their place.
The Final Insult
All
27 veterinary schools in North America have changed their protocols for
vaccinating dogs and cats along the following lines; (15) however, vets
in practice are reluctant to listen to these changed protocols and
official veterinary bodies in the UK and other countries are ignoring
the following facts.
Dogs’ and cats’ immune systems mature fully
at six months. If modified live-virus vaccine is giver after six months
of age, it produces immunity, which is good for the life of the pet. If
another MLV vaccine is given a year later, the antibodies from the first
vaccine neutralise the antigens of the second vaccine and there is
little or no effect. The litre is no “boosted”, nor are more memory
cells induced.
Not only are annual boosters unnecessary, but they
subject the pet to potential risks such as allergic reactions and
immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia.
In plain language, veterinary
schools in America, plus the American Veterinary Medical Association,
have looked at studies to show how long vaccines last and they have
concluded and announced that annual vaccination is unnecessary.(16-19)
Further,
they have acknowledged that vaccines are not without harm. Dr Ron
Schultz, head of pathobiology at Wisconsin University and a leading
light in this field, has been saying this politely to his veterinary
colleagues since the 1980s. I’ve been saying it for the past 12 years.
But change is so long in coming and, in the meantime, hundreds of
thousands of animals are dying every year – unnecessarily.
The
good news is that thousands of animal lovers (but not enough) have heard
what we’ve been saying. Canine Health Concern members around the world
use real food as Nature’s supreme disease preventative, eschewing
processed pet food, and minimise the vaccine risk. Some of us, myself
included, have chosen not to vaccinate our pets at all. Our reward is
healthy and long-lived dogs.
It has taken but one paragraph to
tell you the good and simple news. The gratitude I feel each day, when I
embrace my healthy dogs, stretches from the centre of the Earth to the
Universe and beyond.
References
1. “Effects of Vaccination on the Endocrine and Immune Systems of Dogs, Phase II”, Purdue University, November 1,1999
2. See www.vet.purdue.edu/epi/gdhstudy.htm.
3. See http://www.avma.org/vafstf/default.asp.
4. Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) Working Group on Feline and Canine Vaccination, DEFRA, May 2001.
5. JVM Series A 50(6):286-291, August 2003.
6.
Duval, D. and Giger,U. (1996). “Vaccine-Associated Immune-Mediated
Hemolytic Anemia in the Dog”, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
10:290-295.
7. New England Journal of Medicine, vol.313,1985.
See also Clin Exp Rheumatol 20(6):767-71, Nov-Dec 2002.
8. Am Coll Vet Intern Med 14:381,2000.
9. Dodds, Jean W.,DVM, “Immune System and Disease Resistance”, at http://www.critterchat.net/immune.htm.
10. Wolf Clan magazine, April/May 1995.
11. Goldstein, Martin, The Nature of Animal Healing, Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1999.
12. Wolf Clan magazine, op. cit.
13. ibid.
14. Journal of Inflammation 1:3,2004, at http://www.journal-inflammation.com content/1/1/3.
15.
Klingborg, D.J., Hustead, D.R. and Curry-Galvin, E. et al., “AVMA
Council on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents’ report on cat and dog
vaccines”, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
221(10):1401-1407, November 15,2002,
http://www.avma.org/policies/vaccination.htm.
16. ibid.
17. Schultz, R.D., “Current and future canine and feline vaccination programs”, Vet Med 93:233-254, 1998.
18.
Schultz, R.D., Ford, R.B., Olsen, J. and Scott, P., “Titer testing and
vaccination: a new look at traditional practices”, Vet Med 97:1-13, 2002
(insert).
19. Twark, L. and Dodds, W.J., “Clinical application of
serum parvovirus and distemper virus antibody titers for determining
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