FWD: Canine Rabies Vaccine Challenge Fund Studies Begin!!!!

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Greetings!

The Rabies Challenge Fund is pleased to announce that the canine rabies

challenge studies have begun!!! Permission is granted to post and cross-post

the text of our press release below.

Regards, Kris L.

Founder, Co-Trustee

The Rabies Challenge Fund

_http://www.RabiesChallengeFund.org_ (http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/)

CANINE RABIES CHALLENGE STUDIES BEGIN !

One of the most important vaccine research studies in veterinary medicine is

underway at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine in

Madison. Dr. Schultz, a leading authority on veterinary vaccines and

Chair

of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, has begun concurrent 5 and 7

year challenge studies to determine the long-term duration of immunity of the

canine rabies vaccine, with the goal of extending the state-mandated interval

for boosters. These will be the first long-term challenge studies on the canine

rabies vaccine to be published in the United States.

Dr. Schultz comments that: " We are all very excited to start this study that

will hopefully demonstrate that rabies vaccines can provide a minimum of 7

years of immunity. "

This research is being financed by The Rabies Challenge Fund, a charitable

trust founded by pet vaccine disclosure advocate Kris L. of Maine, who

serves as Co-Trustee with world-renowned veterinary research scientist and

practicing clinician, Dr. W. Dodds of Hemopet in California. The Rabies

Challenge Fund recently met its goal of $177,000 to fund the studies’ first

year

budget with contributions from dog owners, canine groups, trainers,

veterinarians, and small businesses. Annual budget goals of $150,000 for the

studies

must be met in the future.

Dr. Dodds, DVM states: " This is the first time in my 43 years of

involvement in veterinary issues that what started as a grass-roots effort to

change

an outmoded regulation affecting animals will be addressed scientifically by

an acknowledged expert to benefit all canines in the future. "

Scientific data published in 1992 by Michel Aubert and his research team

demonstrated that dogs were immune to a rabies challenge 5 years after

vaccination, while Dr. Schultz’s serological studies documented antibody titer

counts at

levels known to confer immunity to rabies 7 years post-vaccination. This

data strongly suggests that state laws requiring annual or triennial rabies

boosters for dogs are redundant. Because the rabies vaccine is the most potent

of

the veterinary vaccines and associated with significant adverse reactions, it

should not be given more often than is necessary to maintain immunity.

Adverse reactions such autoimmune diseases affecting the thyroid, joints, blood,

eyes, skin, kidney, liver, bowel and central nervous system; anaphylactic shock;

aggression; seizures; epilepsy; and fibrosarcomas at injection sites are

linked to rabies vaccinations.

Study co-trustee Kris adds: “Because the USDA does not require

vaccine manufacturers to provide long-term duration of immunity studies

documenting maximum effectiveness when licensing their products, concerned dog

owners

have contributed the money to fund this research themselves. We want to ensure

that rabies immunization laws are based upon independent, long-term scientific

data.â€

More information and regular updates on The Rabies Challenge Fund and the

concurrent 5 and 7 year challenge studies it is financing can be found at the

fund

’s website designed by volunteer Brin at:

_www.RabiesChallengeFund.org_ (http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/) .

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Ravette-Jodevin Collies

Owner/Co-Founder: " _JstSayNo2Vaccs_

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