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| Topic Started: Mar 24 2009, 04:19 PM (91 Views) | |
| roo roo | Mar 24 2009, 04:19 PM Post #1 |
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saw this posted on my whippet site today wondered if anyone here had seen anything like this before?i didnt know vaccinations could cause blindness :( My friend rang me tonight very upset, one of her border puppies has gone blind in one eye. The puppy was taken to the vets for his second vaccination and had been quiet for a day or so after which sometimes can happen (car journey etc). Then the pup was rubbing one of his eyes and when she checked, the eye had gone cloudy and blue, so she rang the vet who advised she should bring him in as he must have injured himself somehow but it would have to be at tea time. The blue by this time had turned to white and the pup seems unable to see out of that eye now. On examination the vet said she couldnt see any damage caused ulcers or by an injury and that it must either be hereditary, genetic or that he could have had a reaction to the vaccine. My friend has bred Borders for over 20 years, knows her dogs and breeds very carefully. Never before has she had one with any form of health problem, eye or otherwise. Neither of us realised that a puppy could possibly be blinded by a reaction to being vaccinated - Neither of us have ever been told by a vet that this was a possibity either. Has anyone else ever come across anything like this? my friend is gutted that this has happened to her little lad, she had been hoping to show him, she is concerned that he might in pain and is worried that when boosters are due would any further vaccine cause him to go completely blind or might this happen anyway. The vet said there could be a very slim chance his sight in the eye would return but she was doubtful. The pup has an appointment to see an eye specialist tomorrow . Any information on this would be very welcome, he is such a lovely pup. My friend is so shocked going from having a healthy happy pup to a blind one in a couple of days. |
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| Lu20 | Mar 24 2009, 04:31 PM Post #2 |
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Oh no! how awful for the little chap! What a worry though, I never knew that a reaction to the vaccine could cause blindness. |
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| Tafia | Mar 24 2009, 05:12 PM Post #3 |
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Poor little chap. Vac's can cause all kinds of reactions but it's important to keep them in context: bit difficult when it's your pup. I'm most impressed that the vet even considered it to be a vac reaction. |
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| piwoodhouse | Mar 24 2009, 10:19 PM Post #4 |
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Don't know if any of this helps Chris. One interesting suggestion would be to establish the puppy was healthy prior to the vaccination (breeder would have had her vet health check it) and then approach the manufacturer of the vaccine. http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/showthread.php?t=52366 |
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| Tafia | Mar 24 2009, 11:23 PM Post #5 |
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Vets are meant to automatically report any sort of return visit in the days after vaccination to the pharmaceutical supplier. Hopefully as the vet is even willing to consider a reaction to the vac, he'll be part of the small minority to do so. |
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| BorderDawn | Mar 25 2009, 01:48 AM Post #6 |
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Poor puppy. I hope the specialist can shed some light on the cause, it must be awful for a baby to go blind like that. |
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| zandd | Mar 25 2009, 06:26 PM Post #7 |
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Poor pup.I too am impressed vet would consider it a reaction to vaccination,thankfully this must be extremely rare but of course no consolation to the breeder. |
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| roo roo | Mar 25 2009, 08:02 PM Post #8 |
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just been on the site to see what happened and saw this My friend has just rung to let me know what the consultant had said. The condition is called "blue eye" and used to be quite common years ago in vaccinated dogs but now is very rare due to the improvement in vaccines. It is a reaction to the hepatitus (sp) part in the vaccine and she said the vet took quite a lot of photos and did lots of tests as he said although they are taught about blue eye at vetinary school, he has never before come across a case. He rang the company who made the vaccine and enquired if this condition did still occur and they confirmed that some dogs did react but this was now extremely rare. The outcome for the puppy regarding his sight returning in the damaged eye is unknown and only time will tell. As for him being vaccinated (boosters) in the future the vet advised that although you can give certain parts of the vaccine individually - lepto parvo and kennel cough, the hepatitus is given in the same vaccine as distemper. I must admit this has woken me up, I have never questioned having my dogs vaccinated, its just something It was best to do, but it makes you wonder doesnt it? Id be heartbroken too if this had happened to one of my dogs. Ill let you know how he goes on in the future. I wish him lots of luck |
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| Tafia | Mar 25 2009, 08:19 PM Post #9 |
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One of the main problems is that many vets just don't report return visits in the days after vaccinating, hence it's almost impossible to rationalize exactly what the risks are. Dr Jean Dodds, (Hemopet, 938 Stanford Street, Santa Monica, California 90403) is the acknowledged world authority on vaccinations - she's an incredibly proactive researcher. If it were my pup, I'd be emailing all the information and getting her opinion. |
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| roo roo | Mar 26 2009, 01:03 PM Post #10 |
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thanks for the info Tafia i think ive got her website in my favourites somewhere ill pass it on ;) |
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