Cat and Dog Vaccines We Offer
Pet’s Favorite Vet follows AAHA’s guidelines for vaccinating dogs and cats. Their vaccine recommendations include core (essential) vaccines, and non-core (lifestyle-based vaccines. This allows us to personalize your pet’s vaccinations to align with their unique requirements.
Lifestyle-based Vaccines for Dogs and Cats
Certain situations require additional vaccines to keep our patients safe. Moving to a new environment or frequenting areas that are high risk for certain diseases can leave your dog or cat vulnerable to illness.
Vaccines for Social and Active Dogs
Dogs that go to daycare, dog parks, shows, field trials, the groomer, and boarding facilities get to have a blast socializing with the other dogs! However, Bordetella and Canine Influenza can spread quickly via respiratory droplets in these environments. At Pet’s Favorite Vet, we carry the vaccines for both, including an oral Bordetella vaccine.
For dogs that like to play outside in South Carolina’s beautiful forests, mountains, and beaches, there is a risk of tick exposure. Lyme disease can cause lifelong health problems, even without serious symptoms in the acute phase. The annual Lyme vaccine works in conjunction with tick prevention to keep your dog healthy and safe.
Vaccines for Outdoor Cats
The feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is spread by cats when they exchange bodily fluids via a bite, mating, mutual grooming, or through the placenta. This virus is incredibly prevalent in outdoor cats of Spartanburg County and the Upstate in general. Even for cats that do not leave their yard, stray and free-roaming cats can still visit and spread the virus. Pet’s Favorite Vet recommends that all outdoor cats be tested and vaccinated annually.
We Offer Vaccine Titers, Too
Vaccine titers are not common, but there are some cases where we can perform distemper, parvo, and panleukopenia titers instead of vaccination. Titers allow us to gauge the amount of antibodies your pet has to fight certain diseases, but they do not offer any protection the way vaccines do. Also, we do not do titers in place of rabies vaccinations.