Many pet owners will encounter such sayings: ‘Pet vaccination is very simple, there is no need to go to the hospital for injection, buy it back online and inject it yourself.’ Because people may feel that it is too far and expensive to go to the hospital for vaccination, and they think it doesn't look like a technical difficulty, which leads to this kind of saying.

In fact, it is feasible for pet owners to inject vaccines at home, because the conventional vaccination of pets is primarily subcutaneous injection, which is the biggest advantage for owners – it is simple and low-risk.Even without medical experience, pet owners can also complete the vaccination process with a simple explanation from the pet hospital.

However, injecting drugs and vaccines at home is not as straightforward as it seems, because there are some misconceptions about vaccines and drug injections. If owners don’t pay attention to these misconceptions, they may still bring about adverse effects.

Drug injection methods:

Subcutaneous injection:

1. The main injection sites are the subcutaneous tissues of cats and dogs' back and neck, where blood vessels are sparse, and the most common is vaccine injection.Muscle injection:
2. The injection site is a muscle with abundant and large blood vessels, used for drugs that are difficult to absorb, generally used in disease treatment, muscle injection is not easy for home owners to operate, because if operated incorrectly, it may injure nerves so it is not introduced to homeowners.Intravenous injection:
3. The most common intravenous injection is ‘infusion’, which is characterized by its fast efficacy, so it is often used for emergency treatment of diseases.These three injection methods,

muscle injection and intravenous injection are difficult for non-professional medical personnel to control.Especially muscle injection, if operated incorrectly, may injure nerves, so it will not be introduced to homeowners,It is not recommended for non-professional personnel to operate these two injection methods at home.We can barely operate conventional vaccines at home. Private vaccine injection usually occurs when families live in remote areas and pet hospitals are closed or the home has too many pets. It also occurs in animal shelters, because there are many animals in shelters that need to be vaccinated, and it is impossible to send them all to hospitals for operation.

But what precautions should be taken when non-professional medical staff inject vaccines at home? Is it as simple as it looks?

Let’s start with the first precaution: your vaccine may not be effective.One of the risks of home vaccination: vaccine invalidation.

Vaccine storage environment is very strict, generally...

Inactive vaccine:The storage temperature is 2-8℃ in a dark environment (live vaccine storage temperature is -15℃), if the temperature is too high, the vaccine may be invalid in 2 hours, even if it is not completely invalid, the immune effect will be reduced. The most common reason for vaccine invalidation when families purchase vaccines is that vaccines are not transported properly during the online purchase process.The transportation requirements for vaccines are

Furthermore, if an inappropriate purchase channel is chosen, vaccines may be fake, such as domestic English Wit's weakened vaccine, there is no regular batch number, and it is all smuggling or counterfeit. It is generally recommended that if pet owners have many pets, they should buy vaccines from local hospitals to use immediately. This is also what many animal shelters do.This also gives us a reminder: if family members purchase vaccines, they must choose inactive vaccines with regular batch numbers.

The second risk of home vaccination: allergic reaction.When injecting vaccines, pet hospitals will always let the completed injection pets...

remain for observation for half an hour

because vaccine injection can cause adverse reactions, which mainly include:Vaccine syndrome:Occurs within 24-48 hours after vaccination, characterized by loss of appetite, fever, lethargy, diarrhea, vomiting, etc., which is a normal situation that doesn't require human intervention.

1. Allergic reaction:The situation is serious and may be fatal.
2. Injection site swelling:May cause abscesses, which generally don't need human intervention, and will disappear within 48 hours, if serious, heat can be applied.
3. Limping kitten syndrome:Occurs within three weeks after injection of weakened vaccine, rarely occurs after injection of inactivated vaccine.
4. Tumor:Rarely occurs.
5. These five adverse reactions, the most important thing to pay attention to is the second point:allergic reaction”. This is also the important reason why pet hospitals recommend pets to remain for observation after vaccination.

The incidence of allergic reactions after vaccine injection is about 1 in 15,000,Although the incidence of allergic reactions is not high, the consequences are fatal.If a pet has a vaccine allergy, it should be treated with antihistamine and adrenaline immediately, especially cats with a history of allergies, will die from vaccination due to the carelessness of homeowners. Homeowners don't have such treatment conditions,

Compared to vaccine invalidation, allergic reaction is the biggest risk of home vaccination.The third risk of home vaccination: difficulty obtaining vaccine qualification.

Now, dog owners need to register dogs ('dog permits' or ), and the prerequisites for obtaining the 'dog permit' are to have a certificate from a professional institution (or), the names may be different in different cities.If family members inject vaccines for pets, it is impossible or cannot get the ‘dog permit’ certificate. This certificate can only be issued by qualified pet hospitals or public health departments.It is also impossible to obtain 'dog permit' qualification when purchasing pets from pet stores, because pet stores and pet medical stores are completely two different concepts. Of course, this is only applicable to dogs, cats do not need certificates.

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