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Riley goes in for his annual checkup tomorrow morning and I'm more than a little confused about titers.
Some people I've talked to think it's a good idea to have them run every year and some people think that they're basically just a waste of money since they measure antibodies and not the memory cells (which are supposed to be the true measure of immunity??)
I'm trying to decide if it would be better to titer, or just go with something like a three-year protocol.
We did vaccinate last year, at 1 year of age, but now that he's 2, I don't know which way to go. I definitely don't want to vaccinate if it isn't necessary, but I don't want to take chances and find out the hard way that he's not fully immune to something, either.
Are titers really a good indicator of immunity?
Some people I've talked to think it's a good idea to have them run every year and some people think that they're basically just a waste of money since they measure antibodies and not the memory cells (which are supposed to be the true measure of immunity??)
I'm trying to decide if it would be better to titer, or just go with something like a three-year protocol.
We did vaccinate last year, at 1 year of age, but now that he's 2, I don't know which way to go. I definitely don't want to vaccinate if it isn't necessary, but I don't want to take chances and find out the hard way that he's not fully immune to something, either.
Are titers really a good indicator of immunity?