VACCINE REACTION STUDY Min Pins & 7 other breeds

This information comes from the Pug Dog Club of America site today and should be interesting to people with Pugs, Dachshunds, Chihuahuas, Min Pins, Bostons, Boxers, Australian Terriers and Kerry Blues. Please share the links as appropriate with your friends and clubs. This is terribly important research. The reference is to pugs, but the above breeds are also high risk breeds in the study.

VACCINE REACTION STUDY
The Pug Dog Club of America is helping fund a 2-year study on vaccine reactions being conducted at Purdue University. The lead researcher, Dr. George Moore, has asked for help obtaining blood samples from both normal Pugs and Pugs who have a vaccine reaction. If your Pug has an allergic reaction consisting of facial or eyelid swelling, hives, generalized itching or vomiting, he would be eligible for the study. A blood sample would need to be collected by your veterinarian within 3 weeks of the vaccine. Dr. Moore also needs blood samples from dogs that do not have reactions. The ideal situation would be to get blood from a sibling to the reactor, again, within 3 weeks of a vaccine. Dr. Moore's lab will study the serum antibody concentrations from the allergic vs. the normal Pugs, hoping to identify the vaccine components that stimulate allergic reactions. There are 7 other high risk breeds in the study, including Dachshunds, Chihuahuas, Miniature Pinschers, Boston Terriers, Boxers, Australian Terriers and Kerry Blue Terriers.
Information on the study and client consent forms are available at:

http://www.vet.purdue.edu/k9vaxrxn/

Owners may choose to receive the results of their dog's test.
You can contact Dr. Moore at gemoore@purdue. edu. Your veterinarian can email investigators to get postage-paid mailers at k9vaxrxn@purdue. edu.

Please crosspost to other lists, etc.

There has been research previous to this, I know the British
CKCS did an extensive research programme and several German Pinschers have also been badly affected, the main culpret appears to be the distemper vaccine, and a number of GP owners left having the distemper vaccination until the dogs were over 6 months old when they were better able to cope with any reaction. Kath

Yep my Chihuahua had a bad reaction to his vaccine as well, I didnt know there were 'high risk' breeds?

I think the Standard Poodle Club has done the same.
Becky