However, several factors can cause your dog to contract the disease in spite of being vaccinated. Kennels, dog daycares, and grooming salons commonly require the bordetella vaccine. Vaccines are widely available and many businesses where dogs will be in close quarters with each other require the vaccine prior to your dog staying there. Dogs can be contagious for 6 to 14 weeks. The condition is highly contagious amongst dogs who transfer it from breathing in airborne droplets, such as are produced when another dog with the virus coughs in their vicinity. The disease can also be purely viral and vaccine for the bacteria normally associated with it will be ineffective. Kennel cough is the result of the Bordetella bronchiseptica bacteria, usually in conjunction with a virus or depressed immune system in your dog, resulting in respiratory illness, or tracheobronchitis. Kennel cough is very contagious and your dog can acquire it or pass it on easily from other dogs, so they should be isolated from other dogs while infected. The good news is, the condition will usually resolve on its own, or if it becomes severe, medication can help fight bacterial infection and cough symptoms. Dogs with compromised immune systems or dogs that were exposed to kennel cough before receiving the vaccine may develop the illness in spite of vaccination. If the vaccine was not adequately stored or properly administered, it may also prove ineffective. Also, the vaccine is only effective for about 6 months, so annual vaccines do not provide adequate coverage.
The combination of factors involved make the condition hard to vaccinate for, as multiple viruses can contribute to the development of illness and the bacteria is widely distributed and accessible. Usually, the presence of both the parainfluenza virus and the bacteria Bordetella bronchiseptica is the most common trigger for kennel cough in your dog. The illness often occurs when your dog’s immune system is compromised and/or a virus occurs in conjunction with it. It is a respiratory infection that develops as a result of exposure to the kennel cough bacteria, which dogs are commonly exposed to, and is present in many environments. Kennel cough is not dissimilar to a chest cold in humans. Fortunately, kennel cough is not usually a serious illness and your dog should make a full, and uneventful recovery.
This seems patently unfair, you did everything you could to keep your dog healthy. Unfortunately, your dogs can develop kennel cough even if they were vaccinated. But your dog still has developed a terrible hacking cough! Is it kennel cough?Ĭan my Dog get Kennel Cough if Vaccinated? Your dog boards at a kennel when you are away, and goes to the grooming salon regularly and these establishments require kennel cough vaccinations. You took your dog to the vet for an annual check-up and they received all the vaccines that were recommended – including the Bordetella vaccine for kennel cough. Title: “Can Dogs Get Kennel Cough if Vaccinated?”
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