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HEART FUND VOLUNTEERS - "Ibe Rev. R. W.
Jenkins, chairman of the Heart Fund for Butts County, helps
volunteers sign up the solicitors for the Rock-A-Thon at
Westbury Medical Care Home.
YOU AND YOUR PET
F i/mu> „ -. By Robert L. Stear, D.V.M.
j / , Manager of Veterinary Services
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THE NEED FOR DOG AND
CAT VACCINATIONS
During the past few years,
a number of school districts
have dropped vaccination
against smallpox as a
requirement for entry into
primary school, citing the
progress made in eliminating
the disease.
Unfortunately, this same
progress has not been made
in eliminating diseases that
are controlled by vaccinating
pets. There are too many
stray animals around that
can serve as a reservoir for
diseases such as distemper
and rabies. Vaccinations are
a necessity if your pet is to
receive adequate protection.
Let’s review the diseases
controlled by vaccination
and the timetables that
should be followed.
Four major canine di
seases - rabies, distemper,
hepatitis and leptospirosis -
can be controlled by vacci
nation. Rabies is the most
serious from a public health
point of view, because it is a
potentially lethal disease
that is transmissible to
human beings. All warm
blooded animals are suscept
ible. Your dog can contract
the disease from an infected
dog or cat, or number of wild
animals, including rats,
skunks or foxes.
Since there is no product
offering lifetime immunity,
periodic revaccination
against rabies is a must. A
rabies vaccine is available
that will provide protection
for dogs for three years.
Vaccination in January or
February will provide time
for development of protec
tive antibodies so that your
pet will have adequate
protection during spring and
summer months, when pets
spend the most time out of
doors. Puppies should re
ceive their first rabies
vaccination after 12 weeks of
age.
Distemper is the most
prevalent canine disease. It’s
symptoms include diarrhea,
fever and weight loss. The
disease is spread by airborne
virus particles or by direct
contact. Distemper is diffi
cult to treat because viruses
do not respond to antibac
terial medications.
I recommend an annual
distemper vaccination for
your dog. If a pregnant pet
has an up-to-date vaccination
at time of whelping, she will
transfer her maternal im
munity to her puppies,
protecting them against
distemper for about six
weeks. At that time, they can
receive a series of inocula
lations of the standard canine
distemper vaccine. Puppies
six to 12 weeks of age may
also be protected with a
single dose of canine distem
per measles vaccine. Vacci
nation of puppies is im
portant since most distemper
cases occur in dogs less than
a year old.
Canine distemper vaccine
is available in a combined
inoculation for hepatitis and
leptospirosis. These diseases
attack the liver and kidneys,
producing fever, a stiff
legged walk and humped
back due to inflammation of
internal organs. Even if a pet
recovers successfully from
an attack, it develops only
short term immunity and
may infect other dogs by
passing the infection-causing
organisms in its urine. As
with distemper vaccination,
hepatitis and leptospirosis
inoculations should also be
given annually, so a com
bined D-H-L shot once a year
is a must for your dog.
Cats are also susceptible to
rabies and feline distemper.
Because the cat is by nature
a hunter and a stalker, it
needs the protection offered
by annual vaccination for
these two infectious diseases.
Feline distemper is caused
by a virus different from the
one which causes canine
distemper, and your veteri
narian has a vaccine specifi
cally for the prevention of
distemper in cats.
Cat owners fear distemper
because of the speed with
which it spreads through the
feline community. Feline
distemper is usually 90
percent fatal -- killing older
cats within two weeks and
kittens in a few days. In the
past, distemper was also
called infectious enteritis, in
fectious gastroenteritis or
feline panleukopenia because
of the variety of symptoms it
produces. Diarrhea, fever,
nausea and loss of appetite
can all indicate distemper.
How do cats catch dis
temper? Apparently as
easily as sniffing the air that
an infected cat has breathed.
Remarkably resistant, the
virus can survive for three
months at room tempera
ture, and is found in urine,
feces and nasal discharge.
Yearly vaccination is strong
ly advised since there is no
known medication to control
feline distemper once it takes
hold.
Besides fall vaccination for
distemper and winter vac
cination for rabies, your
veterinarian may suggest
booster shots to strengthen
the immunity of a pet about
to be entered in a major cat
ok dog show where there is a
greater chance of exposure
to the various infectious
diseases I have mentioned.
BRIDGET TAYLOR
COMPLETES COURSE
AT FT. GORDON
Ft. Gordon, Ga. (AHTNC)
Jan. 6-Army Private First
Class Bridget K. Taylor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roiand B. Taylor Jr., Route
X Jackson, Ga., recently
completed a 10-week special
frequency communications
system repair course at Ft.
Gordon. Ga.
Students received training
in the installation and
operation of this communica
tions equipment as well as
tuning receivers and trans
mitters.
The private entered the
Army in June 1976.
PFC. Taylor is a 1970
graduate of Forest Park
•iGa.) Senior High School.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGLA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1977
Weekly
Devotional
THE DEEP FREEZE
Brrrr has been the sound
heard most around Butts
County in the last few weeks
as our county battled tc
survive the sub-freezing
weather and serious natural
gas shortage. With thermo
stats down to 55 or 60 in
homes, schools out, in
dustries all but shut down,
business activity, churches,
and civic organizations cur
tailing their activity, this
community has been faced
with some serious and unique
circumstances.
Even though this has been
a trying time for most of us,
it has provided us with some
important reminders that I
hope w e will remember in the
future.
God has provided us with
tremendous resources that
we are certainly to use. But
some of these resources are
limited and we are called on
as stewards to use them
wisely. Once again we have
been reminded that natural
gas. as well as other types of .
energy. simply doesn’t
“grow on trees.” Our supply
is limited and recently we
have been using it faster than
it could be supplied. If all of
us. both individually and
collectively, are not willing
to do our share and conserve,
then in the near future many
of our resources will be
depleted, and we really will
be in the deep freeze.
Along with this, our
experience recently with the
weather seems to have
reminded us about sharing.
Sharing is a great Christian
principle, but sometimes it is
a hard one to practice. Our
willingness to share has
really been tested over the
past few weeks. Each time
we wanted more than our
share and turned our
thermostats up too high, then
someone else got less than
his share.
Lord willing, we will thaw
out soon. The gas shortage
will be over for now, and our
lives will return to normal.
But God help us to learn a
lesson. May He help us to
realize so many of the things
we take for granted. May He
also help us to be good
stewards and be willing to
share what we have with
others.
David Beville, Pastor
Jackson Presbyterian
Church
Preservation
Hall Jazz To
Play at Gordon
Preservation Hall Jazz
Band, a famous group of New
Orleans musicians, will per
form at Gordon Junior
College on Feb. 16at8p.m. in
Alumni Memorial Hall. The
public is invited to attend.
Tickets are $2.50 and will be
on sale at the door.
The band has traveled
world-wide playing for
audiences for over 50 years.
Most of the band members
are in their 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s
now and are the original
musicians who brought to
gether the marches, quad
rilles, blues, spirituals and
ragtime music to form New
Orleans ja/z.
Band members who will be
performing at Gordon are A1
Lewis, banjo; Preston Jack
son. trombone; Sing Miller,
piano; Alanzo Stewart,
drums; Chester Zardis,
bass; Manny Crusto, clari
net: and Ernie Cagnolotti,
trumpet.
Each performance by the
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
is original because the
members improvise as they
go along. When not on tour,
the band performs at
Preservation Hall in the
News Orleans French
Quarter. The old structure is
a favorite place for jazz
musicians to paly and enjoy
their music.
High blood pressure can be
detected by a simple, painless
test, and can usually be con
trolled. See your doctor. Help
fight heart and blood vessel
disease give to the Heart
Campaign.
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