Brookpark Veterinary Hospital, Dunmanway, Co. Cork. A Clinic for pets, farm animals and horses.
Vaccination & Consultation Protocols
Pets
At what age should I vaccinate?
Dogs
Puppies can have their first vaccination at 6 weeks depending on the vaccine. The second one has to be given after the puppy has reached 10 weeks of age, with a minimum of 2 weeks beteen vaccinations and a maximum of 5 weeks. The vaccine includes Distemper, Hepatitis, Parainfluenza, Parvo virus and Leptospirosis. This is given by injection under the skin.
All puppies and kittens will go home with a puppy or kitten pack containing an in house written booklet and other information that will be useful to you for when you bring home your new family member. We also run puppy parties here at the clinic, so whether you are a client here or not, you are more than welcome to contact us or Janine the nurse and leave your details. Just put "puppy parties" in the subject line and request an invite to the next up and coming course. The parties are not just a fun social event for the owners. They are essentially to allow the puppy to gain valuable social experience as well as for you, the owner, to get some helpful hints and advice on how to rear a confident, well trained puppy.
Going into Kennels?
If you are intending on boarding your puppy, you will also need to get a kennel cough vaccine to protect them against Canine Bordatelliosis/Bronchispirosis. This is given intra-nasaly as it is most effective at the site of the infection.
Once this initial course is over, boosters are needed every year. You will get a vaccination reminder before your pet is due in.
Cats
Kittens start their primary vaccination course at 9 weeks of age depending on the vaccine. They have a second vaccination 3 weeks later, then yearly after that. The vaccination covers them for feline herpesvirus, feline calicivirus and feline panleucopenia. We also recommend that cats are vaccinated against feline leukaemia (FeLV). If you are restarting vaccinations or do not know the vaccination history of the cat, we offer an in-house blood testing service where we can find out if your cat has FeLV or FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus). It is reccommmended to test the blood for FeLV before a leukaemia vaccine is given.