Calendario de VACUNAS para GATOS 💉😾 | ¿Se te ha pasado alguna?

Today I'm going to talk about veterinary stuff, which is what it's all about. No, no, don't go. I was lying. We're going to talk about kittens. Hi, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Cat diseases are terrible, especially those that are viral, because they have no treatment. That's why if you want to keep your cat healthy and safe, the best thing to do is prevent them. And how can you prevent these diseases? With vaccines, of course. And if you have a cat living at home, you say, okay, I don't care about this video because I never let my cat go outside. Well, no, you also have to vaccinate your cat. And if, for example, it runs away or you bring a new cat to live with you, it has to be protected against any type of disease that could come from outside. And since I know that this topic raises many questions, I think prepared this video to clear them all up once and for all. All at once and for all. Today I'm going to tell you when you should vaccinate your cat, what the vaccination schedule is for cats when they're young, and how often you should repeat the vaccinations. It's quite comprehensive, right? First of all, how many vaccines are there? Well, it depends a bit on the country because they have to be approved by each one. But in general, we can differentiate them into several types. On the one hand, there are polyvalent vaccines, which are those that are made up of more than one virus or bacteria that will attack more than one disease. For examp, the paleukopenia vaccine, the herpesvirus vaccine, and also the calicovirus vaccine form what is called a trivalent vaccine. And sometimes if they are combined with the leukemia vaccine and the chlamydia vaccine, they form a pentavalent vaccine, because there are five. There is another type of vaccine that only protects against one disease. Among them are those for leukemia, rabies, feline coronavirus, which causes feline infectious peritonitis and immunodeficiency, which is only available in.

Some countries in Spain, I don't know if it is in North America, but in the United States and Canada it is available. But I don't know about the rest of the countries, to be honest, because as I said, that depends on each of the countries that have to approve it in order for it to be marketed in the country. Among all these vaccines, experts divide them into two groups, some that are essential and others that can be administered depending on the disease situation. In that country, for example, will the trivalent be essential and the rest, such as the rabies vaccine, be non essential? For example, here in Spain it is mandatory in many places, and in your country it may also be. And that is why we can also consider it almost essential. But anyway, the experts say that it is not essential because it is not mandatory in all countries. Who are the experts? The International Society of Feline Medicine. There you go. But before vaccinating cats, your vet will probably have told you that they need to be tested. They need to be tested to see if they have had contact with the leukemia and immunodeficiency viruses, because this is important to keep in mind when administering vaccines. For example, if a kitten has already been infected with the leukemia virus, the vaccine for this disease should not normally be given, right, because they have already been in contact with the disease. In other words, they have. They are already infected with the virus. The test is given at two months of age, because this way it will be much more reliable. And from that moment on, when we have a result, whether negative or positive, we can start their vaccination schedule for young kittens under 16 weeks of age, which is at 4 months, we are going to give them the trivalent vaccine when they are between six and eight weeks old, that is between a month and a half and two months. What we usually do is start at two months. There we give the first rabies vaccine, we wait a month, and we'll give the second rabies vaccine. And we wait another month. And at 16 weeks, it. It's covered. Okay, and now we're going to do the leukemia vaccine. That one starts when the cat is eight weeks old, two months old, so sometimes it can coincide with the previous one. And we repeat the leukemia vaccine again at four weeks, that is when the cat is 12 weeks old, three months old. This one is only repeated once. And logically, if the cat has tested negative for leukemia, which is important, but it may also be mandatory in your area, in your country, to vaccinate against rabies. The rabies vaccine is given when the cat is at least three months old. If the law tells you that you have to have it vaccinated at three months old, then you have to vaccinate it at three months old, because the rabies vaccine is usually required by law. Here, for example, in Andalusia, it is mandatory to have it repeated when the cat is four months old. But, well, that will depend a bit on where you live. In Catalonia, for example, it is not mandatory. In Galicia, it is not mandatory. And in The Basque country, it is not mandatory. And here in Andalusia, it is given twice the first year, but it is not applied in the same way in all the autonomous communities. In any case, on this map, you have a bit of a summary of the situation in Spain and of course, in Latin America. I do not know what the situation is that applies to each of the countries, but inform yourself, because it is still very important that you know what vaccines you have to give your cat. This vaccine is very important because, as I have said, it may be mandatory by law in some countries, and therefore they will require it if you are going to travel to that country. For example, there are people who have asked me to come here to Europe with their cat. That cat must always be vaccinated against rabies. It is mandatory to enter Europe. Wherever you come from, you may be adopting a street cat that is over four months old and has not received its first vaccinations when it was very young. In this case, what do you do? It's very simple, because in this case, you have to give it doses of both the trivalent vaccine and the leukemia vaccine. If the leukemia test is negative, separated by a month, that is when you pick it up and do the test and it comes back negative, you give it the first dose of the trivalent vaccine and the leukemia vaccine, and a month later you repeat the trivalent and leukemia vaccines, and that's it. And the vaccines must be repeated when the cat is an adult, once it has passed this phase of the first vaccination of the kitten. How often should the vaccines be repeated? Well, the vaccines do need to be repeated so that they continue to maintain their protective power, because no vaccine lasts forever, or most of them do not. The trivalent feline vaccine will need to be repeated the first year after it was given to him as a puppy, and then you can space it out a little more and give it every two or three years. The leukemia vaccine will need to be given the first year after it was given as a puppy, and then you can generally space it out to every two years for the rest of his life. And the rabies vaccine will depend on what the law requires here. For example, in Andalusia, it is mandatory every year. I mean, I'm talking about these because they are the general ones. The feline coronavirus vaccine can be given optionally and is also repeated every year. The coronavirus vaccine is not usually given very often because, well, it does not have a very high protective effect. And many times it is not given. That's why I won't tell you anything about the immunodeficiency vaccine because it is one that we do not have here. And, well, I am not very familiar with it. That's why it is better for your veterinarian to inform you. Of course, this is just a recommendation, but it can vary depending on the risk or the type of vaccine. You should always listen to your veterinarian about when to revaccinate your cat. Oh, and one more thing. Some people have asked me if the leukemia vaccine causes tumors, and to that end I have to tell you that it is a vaccine that. Well, I don't want to repeat myself too much. I have already answered this on the secondary channel of questions and answers from a veterinarian. I'll leave the link above so you can go and satisfy your thirst for information. And while you're on that channel, subscribe to it because it has a ton of super interesting questions and answers. As you can see, it's not that complicated. Anyway, I'll leave a little more information below. The one from the society we said, right? Yes, the one from the International Society of Feline Medicine, where they inform you very well about each type of vaccine. It's in English. Go ahead and take a look now, when you finish watching this video. Did you know all this information? Let me know what you think in the comments and if you like this type of video so we can keep making more. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone. Subscribe to our channel and hit the bell. So YouTube will notify you every time we upload new content. Mari Fair introduces us to Nada, who looks like she's had a great time at the park. Night Queen Aime introduces us to her kitten Lilo, who is only two months old. Andelma Lopez introduces us to her cat, who she says is called Hermoso. And she told me she would be very excited if we featured him in one of our videos. Well, here he is. Handsome. Thank you very much for following the Pets and Happy Families Channel. And I'll see you in the next video. No, no, no. Okay, wait. I don't know how to do it. For example, wait for leukopenia 8, which is 2 months, 12, which is 3 months, and 16, which is 4 months, right? Yes. And since I know that this topic raises many doubts. For that reason. Not for that reason again. No, I've already said that the tea is made at two months, because I thought it was for me, for kittens under Four months. Okay, four weeks. Four weeks. And sometimes if they are also combined with the leukemia and also with chlamydia, of course. 8, 12, 16. Four months. Yes, but I'm going to say that you didn't vaccinate him when he was young. And okay, more or less at 2 months of age. That is not 2 months. If it's 8 weeks, it's 8 weeks. Yes, between a month and a half and 2 months. That is between a month and a half and two months. We're going to give him the vaccine for kittens. Yes. 16 weeks is 4 months, right? How? Oh, okay. Okay, okay, okay. And. Ah, okay. Ah, okay. Between. Sure. No, between four and five months. Sixteen, 20 weeks is four or five months. Right. We start at eight. The experts are the feline medicine group. Wait, I'll tell you the exact name. Eight. Eight, which is two months. Twelve, which is three months. Yes, that's it. But that comes later. Yes, that's at the end of the video, the international one. I remember the acronym. I'll repeat it again. This was like. Logically, you don't expect your cat to run away, but that it runs away by accident. Obviously I didn't say one and one that. No, I said, of course, if the cat is four months old, it's because you didn't vaccinate it when it was young. It's going to change there. Ah, no, I've already said this, but what I'm going to tell you today is a scientific consensus. A scientific consensus is when many very smart scientists agree. I mean, I'm a veterinarian, but I don't belong to that lofty group of thinking minds.