We recommend a C5 vaccination to protect against Canine Parvovirus, Canine Distemper Virus, Infectious Canine Hepatitis and Infectious Canine Tracheobronchitis (kennel cough). An additional vaccine against Leptospirosis is available for at risk dogs.

During the vaccination consult, your veterinarian will perform a general health examination of your pet, and discuss important aspects of preventative care including diet, dental care and parasite control.

Puppies require a series of three vaccinations at ages:

• 6-8 weeks
• 10-12 weeks
• 14-16 weeks

Adult dogs require booster vaccinations:

• Every 12 months for infectious Canine Tracheobronchitis
• Every three years for the remaining diseases (sometimes known as the C3)

If your puppy or dog is going into boarding kennels, doggy day care or grooming it will need to be current with these vaccines.

Several contagious diseases occur in cats in Sydney. Vaccination is the best way to protect your cat. We advise vaccination of cats against Feline Panleucopenia virus and the common cat flu viruses: Feline Herpesvirus I and Feline Calicivirus.

Kittens require a series of three vaccinations, performed 3-4 weeks apart, ideally done at: 8-10 weeks 12-14 weeks 16-18 weeks. Kittens will not be protected until 14 days after the final injection.

In order to get the best immune response, we recommend that the final kitten vaccination is performed no earlier than 16 weeks of age. Some kittens who start vaccinations earlier than 8 weeks old may be recommended to have 4 vaccines in total to meet this requirement. The current recommendation for most adult cats is annual vaccination against Feline Herpesvirus and Calicivirus, and vaccination every 3 years against Panleucopaenia. Newer “split” vaccines now allow us to vaccinate according to this protocol. However, if your cats’ living situation is deemed long-term “low risk” (purely indoor; solitary cats who don’t go into boarding) during a veterinary assessment, you may elect to reduce to vaccination for all three diseases once every 3 years. Feline Immunodeficiency Virus and Feline Leukaemia Virus can be vaccinated against but these are not considered core vaccines.