Can a dog die from wrong dosage of lyme disease shot?

Question

Dog had a lyme disease prevention shot and died that night in its sleep. Is it possible the vet game him to much for his weight?

Answer 1

Yes it is.

I would recommend taking him to another vet and getting an autopsy done to see if it was the shot or other causes...good luck

Answer 2

Sorry to hear about your pup's death...how awful.
The answer I have is probably not - ask the vet if the vial the Lyme vaccine came from was a 1cc dose, and ask if they gave that (it doesn't matter what weight dog you have, 1cc is good for all) If your dog had a reaction, it would have been within an hour of the vaccine, and you probably would have seen hives and swelling around the face, which the vet would be able to stop with antihistamines. It sounds like either you never noticed the hives/swelling and the dog died from asphyxiation while sleeping, or there was some other root cause of death, in either case, it would be a good idea to have the dog autopsied to get a definitive cause of death.

Answer 3

They are NOT given based on weight. Just like ALL vaccines, they it is ONE does for all!!!!!!! The vet would have to be the most TOTAL MORON to give the WRONG dose of vaccine!!!!!!!

Personally, I have NEVER been a fan of the Lyme vaccine, or any vaccines made by Fort Dodge. I was a Tech in CT when it was introduced and there were problems galore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The least of which was the fact that after getting the vaccine the dog always tested positive on the Lyme titre, so it was difficult to tell when they had the disease....and many still seemed to have it even though they were vaccinated.
I would rather treat Lyme disease in my dog and prevent ticks as best as I can.

Answer 4

I'm so sorry to hear about that.

Do NOT get yourself or your dog vaccinated.

A vaccinated dog or person is MORE likely to get a disease than a non-vaccinated dog or person. The whole theory of vaccination is flawed. It causes a weakening of the immune system thus making those who are innoculated more susceptible to disease.
There are so many awful side effects to vaccination that it should be considered extremely dangerous.
Just sit back and think for a while.
Is there any sense in injecting a disease directly into your body.
We have been subjected to an awful mind control program to enable the drug manufacturers to make a fortune.

The Vaccination Hoax
http://www.whale.to/b/hoax1.html


If you go to the vaccination liberation web page, at
http://www.vaclib.org/exemption.htm
You will find all the forms necessary to provide exemption for your child.

If you want to study the history of vaccination, see
http://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/vaccination.html

Answer 5

There have been so many bad, really serious reactions to the lyme vaccine that some vet schools do not recomend giving it even in a Lyme endemic area.

Answer 6

Not likely, the vaccine comes in a small vial and is for any size dog. It could have possibly had a severe reaction to the vaccine and thats what may have caused it to die. If it was acting lethargic or anything like that before it went to sleep it it probably had a vaccine reaction.

Answer 7

i wish above textual content can help you: "Veterinary technology is advancing in its skill to hit upon immune equipment alerts of publicity to Lyme ailment in dogs. Blood assessments can now differentiate between immunity derived from organic publicity and immunity derived from a previous vaccination. Doxycycline, tetracycline and amoxicillin proceed to be efficient alternatives as an antibiotic yet treatment ought to proceed for some weeks after all signs and indications of the ailment are absent from the dogs. Vaccines to dodge the ailment have develop into better efficient and longer lasting. Any ailment has the skill to mutate or adapt to new circumstances so holding ticks off of the dogs, vaccinations (examine including your veterinarian... have a glance on the "vaccine mission"), and awareness of the signs and indications of Lyme ailment in you dogs will all be efficient in battling this an infection from disabling your dogs significant other." "Researchers on the college of North Carolina and the centers for ailment administration and Prevention have stumbled on that in feeding, the tick vector for Lyme ailment extremely transmits a distinctly variable inhabitants of Borrelia burgdorferi (the causative agent) into the host. compared, even as the tick isn't feeding, the inhabitants interior of reason homogenous. What this suggests is that the micro organism surely adapts in the course of the transmission procedure to maximise the prospect of infecting the host. Intriguingly, the actual undeniable actuality that the tick spits the form of enormous volume of diverse "flavors" of B. burgdorferi into the host seems to describe an statement made a number of years in the past: Lyme micro organism extra through ticks dodge the host's immune reaction better effectively than do cultured micro organism injected into animals. The crew signifies that destiny efforts to advance better effective vaccines might want to both concentration on antigens produced interior the tick till now the micro organism inhabitants diversifies, or on floor proteins hardship-free to each and every of the in the different case variable micro organism. (AnimalNet - clinical American on a daily basis)" "typically, the analysis of Lyme ailment is depending upon clinical signs and indications and historic previous. as an social gathering, if a dogs ran or performed often some days in the past, has had no signs and indications of trauma or previous arthritic soreness, and now reflects tenderness upon palpation of the affected limb and has a tender fever and swollen lymph nodes, i will fairly evaluate Lyme ailment as a conceivable analysis." T.J Dunn Jr. DVM ultimate success

Answer 8

oh no!! im sorry to hear this! Now i'm going to research this shot before my dog gets it.