Nomographs or nomograms are graphs drawn using a simple blood test. It estimates the amount of distemper and parvovirus antibodies passed from the dam to her puppies. They receive these antibodies via her colostrum during the first 12 hours of the pups’ lives. Nomographs are useful because they help predict when pups:
Are no longer protected by maternal antibodies
Will be able to respond to vaccines
During a pup’s first 12 hours, its intestinal tract allows distemper and parvo antibodies in its mother’s colostrum to pass into its bloodstream and start protecting it from these diseases. As the puppy grows up, maternal antibodies break down in approximately two-week “half-lives” until they are no longer present in the pup.
While a puppy’s maternal antibodies are high, they neutralize viruses such as parvo and distemper. This keeps the pup safe from these potentially fatal diseases. However, this same neutralization also blocks vaccines so the puppy will not be able to immunized if vaccinated. This is why there are so many puppy boosters. The common place vaccine schedule is an attempt to hit the window at the end of the “half-life”, without knowing when that is. Here is something to remember: Vaccines do not equal immunization. Every vaccine, given at any age, carries a very significant risk of long term damage to the recipient. Witness the explosion of allergic itchy skin and/or ears over the past many years.
Along with a graph that shows the dam’s immunization and half-life reading, the Nomograph test results include a customized distemper and parvo vaccine schedule for your pup. These will be included in your puppy’s folder. I will also include instructions as to how to confirm your pup’s response to the vaccines by way of a titer. A titer test is a blood test that tells if your pup has an immunization. At $44 it is cheap insurance.
We also recommend Vitamin C to your pup during stressful times, like vaccinations. Stress depletes the dog's body of Vitamin C. For more on this topic you can review this article https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/food/benefits-of-vitamin-c-to-your-dog/.
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