Black and tan dogs being more prone to parvo

I've also heard that rumour, but just can't see that the colour of a dog can have any effect concerning then getting parvo as dobes also come in liver and tan.

That's like saying that only red heads can get HIV, I just don't get it.

Check this out it says they are more prone to parvo so not sure why the vaccinations need to be more spread out!
Becky

That was a really interesting link, but it still didn't say why Rotties and Dobes are prone to getting it.

No and it didn't say just the black Dobies either, perhaps whoever wrote it was unaware of the brown,blue and fawns and it means all Dobies

i can't see how colour determines more prone to parvo ...after all every black and tans genetics would differ they may not have black and tan parents etc...........its probably a vet somewhere has seen more cases in certain breed colours than others in certain area;

so perhaps its more the area than the dogs colour ?

I cant see the link? becky can you re post it

Click the this! It's underlined. I have been unable to find any evidence that gives a reason why they are supposedly more prone and I'm wondering whether it's just a coincidence that these breeds, which at one time were bred in their thousands and sold to unsuitable homes who may not of properly vaccinated them?
Becky

The reason that a series of vaccinations is given is due to the way
antibody protection wears off. When the first vaccinations are given,
usually around 6 weeks of age, only 10 to 25% of the puppies have lost
maternal antibody protection. ONLY these puppies are protected by the
vaccination. In the others, the maternal immunity destroys the vaccine
virus so the puppy does not develop immunity to it. At 9 weeks of age,
probably 50 to 75% of puppies have lost maternal protection to parvovirus.
So this time, most puppies are protected by the vaccine but 25% or more
still have enough maternal antibody to interfere with the vaccine. Finally,
at twelve weeks of age, most puppies can be protected by the new parvovirus
vaccines. With older vaccines, it may be sixteen or even twenty weeks of
age before the vaccine is effective since it is not as capable of
overcoming maternal immunity

info on why to leave a longer gap when vacinating

copyed from vet info for dogs, it only goes a small way into explaining it, but its a start, my vet likes to leave an extra two weeks between first and second jag, so where most are done at two weeks after the first one, my vet will wait up to four weeks, more so with rotties,

http://www.workingdogs.com/parvofaq.htm