Post by dobs4ever on Sept 28, 2011 10:35:15 GMT -5
I received this article from another list I am on and thought it would add to the info we have so far.
Suzan
www.dogsnatu rallymagazine. com/vaccine- damage-in- dogs-1/
Vaccine Damage In Dogs
by Catherine O'Driscoll on May 29, 2011 . 0 comments
May/June 2010 Issue
Part 1
Running Canine Health Concern for the past sixteen years, I have been contacted by hundreds of dog owners who tell me that their
dogs became ill within a few hours, days or weeks of a vaccine event. Indeed, I formed Canine Health Concern after three of my own
young dogs died of illnesses that were, I believe, vaccine related. However, many official veterinary and government bodies maintain
that vaccine reactions are very rare, although it is known in medical and veterinary fields that adverse events are vastly
under-reported.
We in the UK are in the middle of a campaign to urge the British government to withdraw one-year vaccine licenses, since four-year
vaccines are now available. In their lengthy response, we received a potted history of vaccination and a lot of waffle, but they
didn't actually address the reason for our letter, namely the withdrawal of redundant vaccinations! I suspect a desire to confound
us with science and, after many years campaigning, I have no doubt that the British government is in the pockets of the
pharmaceutical industry.
This makes it all the more important that every animal guardian understands what they do in the name of love on behalf of their
friends. This article summarises but some of the scientific evidence to help you to make informed choices on behalf of your dogs.
Prove it!
The problem is that it's rarely possible to prove that an individual animal is vaccine damaged, even though the science points
towards probability. Scientists use the word 'anecdotal' to discount the illness or death of an individual animal and any suspected
vaccine link. Further, veterinary vaccine manufacturers might pay veterinary costs associated with illnesses that arise post
vaccination, but they frequently deny any culpability (it's just a "goodwill gesture"), and they frequently make pet owners sign
gagging orders before money is handed over - which of course means that they are no longer allowed to talk about their friend in
relation to the potential cause of his death or illness.
It is clear to me that both inflammatory (anything with 'itis' in its name) and immune-mediated illnesses need to be assessed in
relation to previous vaccine events if the full consequences of vaccines are to be understood. We must also consider longer-term
effects of repeated vaccination. As you will see, there is much we do not know, but the known science does point the way towards
caution - especially since we now know that, once immune, dogs are immune to viral disease for years or even life.
Contraindications
Vaccine datasheets state that they are for use in healthy animals only; this is a licensing requirement. Sick dogs should not be
vaccinated - but they routinely are. Intervet's datasheet for Nobivac DHPPi states: "Immunocompetence of the animal may be
compromised by a variety of factors including poor health, nutritional status, genetic factors, concurrent drug therapy and stress."
This refers to some animals being unable to mount an immune response to the vaccine challenge, in which case they can develop
diseases such as parvo or distemper from the vaccine. It may also explain why disease outbreaks occur in heavily vaccinated,
stressed and malnourished dogs in rescue centres. But there is more to it.The Merck Manual (1) states: "Children with known or
suspected immunodeficiency disease should not receive any live virus vaccines, since they could initiate a severe or fatal
infection. Patients with either B or T cell immunodeficiencies should not be given live vaccines because of the risk of
vaccine-induced illness."
I wondered how we could tell if our dogs had B and/or T cell immunodeficiencies. Merck states: "Associated features of B cell
deficiencies include respiratory or food allergies; features of T cell deficiencies include heart disease; and features of combined
T and B cell deficiencies include dermatitis, neurological deterioration and eczema."
Many vets believe that we should vaccinate animals who exhibit the sort of chronic illness listed above, as they may be more at risk
from viral disease. However, it seems, individuals exhibiting features of B and T cell immunodeficiencies might be more at risk of
vaccine-induced illness or fatality. Even if your dog 'just' has skin problems, a vaccine could kill him.
In December 1988, DVM magazine published a round table debate in which eminent pro-vaccine experts discussed the pros and cons of
vaccine use.(2) Dr Ronald Schultz stated: "We have had the idea for years that vaccines, if they don't do any good, won't cause
harm. I think that's another concept the veterinarian has to get away from because whether it be modified live or non-infectious,
there is the potential to cause harm."
Immunosuppression
In the same debate, Dr Ian Tizard stated: "In making a modified live vaccine you make it for an animal that you assume is
immunologically normal. There will be a proportion of any popu lation that is not immunologically 100 percent. This can immediately
tilt an animal towards disease susceptibility. In addition, a vaccine may not cause frank disease itself. It may cause mild
immunosuppression. "
But what are the implications of immunosuppression? The first, of course, is that individuals are more open to infection. One
study, for example, showed chicks with a decreased resistance to E coli infection post-vaccination. (3) Another involved a fatal
outbreak of salmonellosis in a breeding cattery post- vaccination, and concluded that MLV vaccines may cause transient
immunosuppression and should be used with caution because of the possibility of activating sub-clinical opportunist infection. (4)
Vaccines and Cancer
Cancer is another potential sequel to immunosuppression. One paper illustrated how a dog developed mammary cancer when
immunosuppressed. (5) Another paper showed how the rubella vaccine in humans can cause immunosuppression for at least one month
after vaccination. It also described defective lymphocyte responses post-vaccination. (6) Yet another study concluded that ,
"when canine distemper virus was combined with canine adenovirus type 1 or canine adenovirus type 2, significant suppression in
lymphocyte responsiveness to mitogen occurred. The results indicate that interactions between canine distemper virus and canine
adenovirus type 1 or canine adenovirus type 2 are responsible for the polyvalent vaccine induced suppression of lymphocyte
responsiveness" . (7)
The implication is cancer, since lymphocytes attack infected and cancerous cells, and vaccines are shown to disable lymphocytes.
It is of course accepted that cats develop vaccine-site sarcomas. Dr Dennis W Macy, stated, "I estimate there are about 22,000
cases of [feline] vaccine- associated tumours per year. it is likely that the more vaccines given in a particular site, and the more
vaccines given over time, the higher the chance of sarcoma development. " (8) An Italian study has shown that vaccine-site sarcomas
also occur in dogs. (9) But more on cancer later.
Autoantibody Production
The Vaccine Research Group at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted several critically important studies to
determine if vaccines cause changes in the immune system of dogs that might lead to immune mediated diseases. Their paper was
presented to the International Veterinary Vaccines and Diagnostics Conference, July, 1997. Other papers on vaccine- induced
autoimmunity are referenced below. (10, 11)
In the Purdue study, a group of Beagles was routinely vaccinated and closely followed for three years with blood and other tests at
regular intervals. The blood of all the vaccinated dogs was seen to contain significantly elevated concentrations of antibodies
directed against proteins that are present in commercial vaccines as contaminants of the production process. None of the
unvaccinated control dogs had similar increases in these antibodies. The contaminated proteins were typically of cow origin, since
fetal calf serum is used as a component in the growth media used to grow viruses for vaccine production.
Dog and cow protein are very similar in structure, and the Purdue team felt that antibodies produced by the vaccinated dogs might
have cross-reacted with the dogs' own tissue proteins in a process similar to autoimmunity. The team added that experiments in other
animal species suggested that the antibodies might eventually cause disease in the vaccinated animals.
The biochemicals seen to be under attack in this study included fibronectin, laminin, DNA, albumin, Cytochrome C, cardiolipin and
collagen. I wondered what the significance of these autoanti- bodies might be.
Fibronectin is a molecule involved in tissue repair, the formation and growth of embryos, blood clotting and cell
migration/adhesion. Laminin surrounds muscles, nerves and fat, and is involved in may cellular activities, including the adhesion,
spreading, differentiation, polarisation, proliferation and movement of cells. As a layperson, this seems to indicate that the
vaccine process scrambles the innate intelligence of cells and threatens tissues and organs.
Albumin is a protein manufactured by the liver which enables fluid to remain in the bloodstream rather than leak into tissues. If
albumin gets low, fluid builds up and inflammation can occur in the body. Importantly, fatty acids are carried with the aid of
albumin to cells in the body. Fatty acids are the building blocks for lipids, which form all of the membranes around and inside
cells. Fatty acids are essential for life, and albumin is essential for their distribution.
Antibodies against Cardiolipin were also found in the Purdue study. Anti-Cardiolipin autoantibodies (ACA) are frequently found in
patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). They are also found in patients with other autoimmune diseases, as well as in some
with no apparent underlying disease. Elevated levels of ACA have been reported to be significantly associated with thrombosis,
thrombocytopenia, and recurrent fetal loss, as well as neurological conditions.
Autoantibodies to Cytochrome C contribute to Cytochrome C Oxidase Deficiency, so far thought to be an inherited metabolic disorder.
Deficiency of Cytochrone C Oxidase may be limited to the tissues of the skeletal muscles or may affect several tissues, such as the
heart, kidney, liver, brain, and/or connective tissue; in other cases it may be systemic. The disorder may be characterised by a
generalised weakness of skeletal muscles, abnormalities of the heart and kidneys, and/or abnormally high levels of lactic acid in
the blood.
Other forms of Cytochrome C Oxidase deficiency are characterised by progressive degeneration of the brain and dysfunction of other
organs of the body, including the heart, kidneys, muscles and liver. Symptoms may include loss of previously acquired motor skills,
loss of appetite, vomiting, irritability, and/or seizures.
The Purdue study also found that vaccinated dogs were developing autoantibodies to collagen. About one quarter of all the protein
in the body is collagen. It is a major structural protein, forming molecular cables that strengthen the tendons and resilient sheets
that support the skin and internal organs. Bones and teeth are made by adding mineral crystals to collagen.
Vaccine Contaminants
Bet Hargreaves is a long-time Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breeder who has noted a correlation between vaccination and the onset of
heart disease in her breed. She wrote to Dr Larry Glickman who, with his colleagues, conducted the Purdue study. In his reply he
stated: "Our ongoing studies of dogs shows 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."
Dr Glickman, it should be noted, is a strong pro-vaccinator who now works for Fort Dodge. The study dogs were re-homed and no
follow-up studies were conducted.
Many species are used in vaccine manufacture, including monkeys, dogs, cats, hamsters, and avian embryos. Bovine serum, used as a
carrier in vaccines, was a concern during the BSE outbreak due to potential cross-species infection; foreign serum and animal
protein also threaten inflammation and autoimmunity.
Adjuvants such as mercury and aluminium salts are also added to vaccines to increase the immune response. Mercury and aluminium
are neurotoxins. In her book, 'Mark of the Beast' (12) veterinarian Dr Patricia Jordan discusses the link between the effects of
aluminium on the P-53 oncogene and cancer. She says: "The adjuvant aluminum in vaccines is one culprit in mutating the genome and
specifically the P53 oncogene, thereby ruining the individual's ability to stop tumor genesis." (13)
Cancer Revisited
Having seen an article in which I quote the Purdue study, Andrew Maniotis, Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor of Bioengineering:
Program of tumour mechanics and tissue regeneration, University of Illinois at Chicago, contacted me. He wrote: "I don't think it
is coincidental that two of the molecules that the vets find (especially the tissue-controlling two molecules laminin and
fibronectin) that are deregulated in vaccine-induced, cancer-harboring animals, are the same ones we have found reverse, kill, or
promote tumours.
"It is logical that these two tissue constructing molecules in the correct or incorrect amounts induce tumor dormancy or killing as
we have found, and at different amounts (as when a vaccine disturbs a tissue and fibronectin is produced in abundance while laminin
is suppressed) they can, when not in proper amounts, induce tumor growth and metastasis."
Gary Smith, another cancer researcher, explains in a peer review journal how the inflammatory process (which can be vaccine-induced)
can be intimately involved in cancer production and also how it is an essential process in malignancy. (14)
He comments: "Cancer has been described as the wound that never heals. 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. Infections such as the
common cold, the flu, and herpes also cause inflammation, as do vaccines. This type of inflammation is not the body trying to
fight the infection. It is the pathogen deliberately causing inflammation in order to hide from the immune system."
The hypersensitivity or inflammatory reactions commonly associated with vaccination can, therefore, be the beginning of cancer and
many other conditions - and not just at injection site. According to Kennel Club research in the UK, one in four pedigree dogs now
dies of cancer.
C 2010 Dogs
Suzan
www.dogsnatu rallymagazine. com/vaccine- damage-in- dogs-1/
Vaccine Damage In Dogs
by Catherine O'Driscoll on May 29, 2011 . 0 comments
May/June 2010 Issue
Part 1
Running Canine Health Concern for the past sixteen years, I have been contacted by hundreds of dog owners who tell me that their
dogs became ill within a few hours, days or weeks of a vaccine event. Indeed, I formed Canine Health Concern after three of my own
young dogs died of illnesses that were, I believe, vaccine related. However, many official veterinary and government bodies maintain
that vaccine reactions are very rare, although it is known in medical and veterinary fields that adverse events are vastly
under-reported.
We in the UK are in the middle of a campaign to urge the British government to withdraw one-year vaccine licenses, since four-year
vaccines are now available. In their lengthy response, we received a potted history of vaccination and a lot of waffle, but they
didn't actually address the reason for our letter, namely the withdrawal of redundant vaccinations! I suspect a desire to confound
us with science and, after many years campaigning, I have no doubt that the British government is in the pockets of the
pharmaceutical industry.
This makes it all the more important that every animal guardian understands what they do in the name of love on behalf of their
friends. This article summarises but some of the scientific evidence to help you to make informed choices on behalf of your dogs.
Prove it!
The problem is that it's rarely possible to prove that an individual animal is vaccine damaged, even though the science points
towards probability. Scientists use the word 'anecdotal' to discount the illness or death of an individual animal and any suspected
vaccine link. Further, veterinary vaccine manufacturers might pay veterinary costs associated with illnesses that arise post
vaccination, but they frequently deny any culpability (it's just a "goodwill gesture"), and they frequently make pet owners sign
gagging orders before money is handed over - which of course means that they are no longer allowed to talk about their friend in
relation to the potential cause of his death or illness.
It is clear to me that both inflammatory (anything with 'itis' in its name) and immune-mediated illnesses need to be assessed in
relation to previous vaccine events if the full consequences of vaccines are to be understood. We must also consider longer-term
effects of repeated vaccination. As you will see, there is much we do not know, but the known science does point the way towards
caution - especially since we now know that, once immune, dogs are immune to viral disease for years or even life.
Contraindications
Vaccine datasheets state that they are for use in healthy animals only; this is a licensing requirement. Sick dogs should not be
vaccinated - but they routinely are. Intervet's datasheet for Nobivac DHPPi states: "Immunocompetence of the animal may be
compromised by a variety of factors including poor health, nutritional status, genetic factors, concurrent drug therapy and stress."
This refers to some animals being unable to mount an immune response to the vaccine challenge, in which case they can develop
diseases such as parvo or distemper from the vaccine. It may also explain why disease outbreaks occur in heavily vaccinated,
stressed and malnourished dogs in rescue centres. But there is more to it.The Merck Manual (1) states: "Children with known or
suspected immunodeficiency disease should not receive any live virus vaccines, since they could initiate a severe or fatal
infection. Patients with either B or T cell immunodeficiencies should not be given live vaccines because of the risk of
vaccine-induced illness."
I wondered how we could tell if our dogs had B and/or T cell immunodeficiencies. Merck states: "Associated features of B cell
deficiencies include respiratory or food allergies; features of T cell deficiencies include heart disease; and features of combined
T and B cell deficiencies include dermatitis, neurological deterioration and eczema."
Many vets believe that we should vaccinate animals who exhibit the sort of chronic illness listed above, as they may be more at risk
from viral disease. However, it seems, individuals exhibiting features of B and T cell immunodeficiencies might be more at risk of
vaccine-induced illness or fatality. Even if your dog 'just' has skin problems, a vaccine could kill him.
In December 1988, DVM magazine published a round table debate in which eminent pro-vaccine experts discussed the pros and cons of
vaccine use.(2) Dr Ronald Schultz stated: "We have had the idea for years that vaccines, if they don't do any good, won't cause
harm. I think that's another concept the veterinarian has to get away from because whether it be modified live or non-infectious,
there is the potential to cause harm."
Immunosuppression
In the same debate, Dr Ian Tizard stated: "In making a modified live vaccine you make it for an animal that you assume is
immunologically normal. There will be a proportion of any popu lation that is not immunologically 100 percent. This can immediately
tilt an animal towards disease susceptibility. In addition, a vaccine may not cause frank disease itself. It may cause mild
immunosuppression. "
But what are the implications of immunosuppression? The first, of course, is that individuals are more open to infection. One
study, for example, showed chicks with a decreased resistance to E coli infection post-vaccination. (3) Another involved a fatal
outbreak of salmonellosis in a breeding cattery post- vaccination, and concluded that MLV vaccines may cause transient
immunosuppression and should be used with caution because of the possibility of activating sub-clinical opportunist infection. (4)
Vaccines and Cancer
Cancer is another potential sequel to immunosuppression. One paper illustrated how a dog developed mammary cancer when
immunosuppressed. (5) Another paper showed how the rubella vaccine in humans can cause immunosuppression for at least one month
after vaccination. It also described defective lymphocyte responses post-vaccination. (6) Yet another study concluded that ,
"when canine distemper virus was combined with canine adenovirus type 1 or canine adenovirus type 2, significant suppression in
lymphocyte responsiveness to mitogen occurred. The results indicate that interactions between canine distemper virus and canine
adenovirus type 1 or canine adenovirus type 2 are responsible for the polyvalent vaccine induced suppression of lymphocyte
responsiveness" . (7)
The implication is cancer, since lymphocytes attack infected and cancerous cells, and vaccines are shown to disable lymphocytes.
It is of course accepted that cats develop vaccine-site sarcomas. Dr Dennis W Macy, stated, "I estimate there are about 22,000
cases of [feline] vaccine- associated tumours per year. it is likely that the more vaccines given in a particular site, and the more
vaccines given over time, the higher the chance of sarcoma development. " (8) An Italian study has shown that vaccine-site sarcomas
also occur in dogs. (9) But more on cancer later.
Autoantibody Production
The Vaccine Research Group at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted several critically important studies to
determine if vaccines cause changes in the immune system of dogs that might lead to immune mediated diseases. Their paper was
presented to the International Veterinary Vaccines and Diagnostics Conference, July, 1997. Other papers on vaccine- induced
autoimmunity are referenced below. (10, 11)
In the Purdue study, a group of Beagles was routinely vaccinated and closely followed for three years with blood and other tests at
regular intervals. The blood of all the vaccinated dogs was seen to contain significantly elevated concentrations of antibodies
directed against proteins that are present in commercial vaccines as contaminants of the production process. None of the
unvaccinated control dogs had similar increases in these antibodies. The contaminated proteins were typically of cow origin, since
fetal calf serum is used as a component in the growth media used to grow viruses for vaccine production.
Dog and cow protein are very similar in structure, and the Purdue team felt that antibodies produced by the vaccinated dogs might
have cross-reacted with the dogs' own tissue proteins in a process similar to autoimmunity. The team added that experiments in other
animal species suggested that the antibodies might eventually cause disease in the vaccinated animals.
The biochemicals seen to be under attack in this study included fibronectin, laminin, DNA, albumin, Cytochrome C, cardiolipin and
collagen. I wondered what the significance of these autoanti- bodies might be.
Fibronectin is a molecule involved in tissue repair, the formation and growth of embryos, blood clotting and cell
migration/adhesion. Laminin surrounds muscles, nerves and fat, and is involved in may cellular activities, including the adhesion,
spreading, differentiation, polarisation, proliferation and movement of cells. As a layperson, this seems to indicate that the
vaccine process scrambles the innate intelligence of cells and threatens tissues and organs.
Albumin is a protein manufactured by the liver which enables fluid to remain in the bloodstream rather than leak into tissues. If
albumin gets low, fluid builds up and inflammation can occur in the body. Importantly, fatty acids are carried with the aid of
albumin to cells in the body. Fatty acids are the building blocks for lipids, which form all of the membranes around and inside
cells. Fatty acids are essential for life, and albumin is essential for their distribution.
Antibodies against Cardiolipin were also found in the Purdue study. Anti-Cardiolipin autoantibodies (ACA) are frequently found in
patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). They are also found in patients with other autoimmune diseases, as well as in some
with no apparent underlying disease. Elevated levels of ACA have been reported to be significantly associated with thrombosis,
thrombocytopenia, and recurrent fetal loss, as well as neurological conditions.
Autoantibodies to Cytochrome C contribute to Cytochrome C Oxidase Deficiency, so far thought to be an inherited metabolic disorder.
Deficiency of Cytochrone C Oxidase may be limited to the tissues of the skeletal muscles or may affect several tissues, such as the
heart, kidney, liver, brain, and/or connective tissue; in other cases it may be systemic. The disorder may be characterised by a
generalised weakness of skeletal muscles, abnormalities of the heart and kidneys, and/or abnormally high levels of lactic acid in
the blood.
Other forms of Cytochrome C Oxidase deficiency are characterised by progressive degeneration of the brain and dysfunction of other
organs of the body, including the heart, kidneys, muscles and liver. Symptoms may include loss of previously acquired motor skills,
loss of appetite, vomiting, irritability, and/or seizures.
The Purdue study also found that vaccinated dogs were developing autoantibodies to collagen. About one quarter of all the protein
in the body is collagen. It is a major structural protein, forming molecular cables that strengthen the tendons and resilient sheets
that support the skin and internal organs. Bones and teeth are made by adding mineral crystals to collagen.
Vaccine Contaminants
Bet Hargreaves is a long-time Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breeder who has noted a correlation between vaccination and the onset of
heart disease in her breed. She wrote to Dr Larry Glickman who, with his colleagues, conducted the Purdue study. In his reply he
stated: "Our ongoing studies of dogs shows 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."
Dr Glickman, it should be noted, is a strong pro-vaccinator who now works for Fort Dodge. The study dogs were re-homed and no
follow-up studies were conducted.
Many species are used in vaccine manufacture, including monkeys, dogs, cats, hamsters, and avian embryos. Bovine serum, used as a
carrier in vaccines, was a concern during the BSE outbreak due to potential cross-species infection; foreign serum and animal
protein also threaten inflammation and autoimmunity.
Adjuvants such as mercury and aluminium salts are also added to vaccines to increase the immune response. Mercury and aluminium
are neurotoxins. In her book, 'Mark of the Beast' (12) veterinarian Dr Patricia Jordan discusses the link between the effects of
aluminium on the P-53 oncogene and cancer. She says: "The adjuvant aluminum in vaccines is one culprit in mutating the genome and
specifically the P53 oncogene, thereby ruining the individual's ability to stop tumor genesis." (13)
Cancer Revisited
Having seen an article in which I quote the Purdue study, Andrew Maniotis, Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor of Bioengineering:
Program of tumour mechanics and tissue regeneration, University of Illinois at Chicago, contacted me. He wrote: "I don't think it
is coincidental that two of the molecules that the vets find (especially the tissue-controlling two molecules laminin and
fibronectin) that are deregulated in vaccine-induced, cancer-harboring animals, are the same ones we have found reverse, kill, or
promote tumours.
"It is logical that these two tissue constructing molecules in the correct or incorrect amounts induce tumor dormancy or killing as
we have found, and at different amounts (as when a vaccine disturbs a tissue and fibronectin is produced in abundance while laminin
is suppressed) they can, when not in proper amounts, induce tumor growth and metastasis."
Gary Smith, another cancer researcher, explains in a peer review journal how the inflammatory process (which can be vaccine-induced)
can be intimately involved in cancer production and also how it is an essential process in malignancy. (14)
He comments: "Cancer has been described as the wound that never heals. 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. Infections such as the
common cold, the flu, and herpes also cause inflammation, as do vaccines. This type of inflammation is not the body trying to
fight the infection. It is the pathogen deliberately causing inflammation in order to hide from the immune system."
The hypersensitivity or inflammatory reactions commonly associated with vaccination can, therefore, be the beginning of cancer and
many other conditions - and not just at injection site. According to Kennel Club research in the UK, one in four pedigree dogs now
dies of cancer.
C 2010 Dogs
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