If this is the case with vaccines for humans, are vaccines for dogs necessarily safe?
The editor wants to say: It may not be safe

The rabies vaccine for cats and dogs sold on a certain website

Many friends who have been bitten by dogs worry that their vaccination is ineffective. Vaccine, will you get rabies? As a result, another picture became popular in WeChat Moments: The meaning is: all dog vaccinations are imported and are real vaccines, please rest assured


WeChat Moments and major Pictures that flood the public account’s screen
But is it really safe if dogs are vaccinated with imported vaccines?
The answer is still: not necessarily safe
Why do I say this? The editor drew a flow chart of the vaccine from production to injection into the body of dogs:
We make imported vaccines effective Putting aside the degree, I mainly want to talk about the impact of
the storage and transportation process of vaccines on the effectiveness of dog vaccines.

We can see from the flow chart above that the general dog vaccine must be stored in cold storage or refrigerators in 5 to 6 different locations, and must be refrigerated 5 to 6 times or even more times. Only through chain transportation can it finally reach regular terminal sellers, such as pet hospitals.

Look at it this way, from production to vaccination, the vaccine has experienced at least more than 10 different storage and transportation environments. Among them, as long as there is an over-temperature in the refrigeration (storage exceeding 0-8 degrees) Temperature or storage below 0 degrees may cause vaccine failure), which may lead to reduced vaccine effectiveness or even complete failure. To put it bluntly, such a vaccine is in vain!
In 2016, CCTV reported on the vicious case of 570 million yuan of unrefrigerated vaccines illegally flowing into the market, which also caused a sensation among people across the country. (Reference 1, see the bottom for details)

Of course, after the CCTV report, the Food and Drug Administration carried out very strict rectifications on human vaccine operations and transportation companies.
But what about the transportation and storage of vaccines for dogs?
First of all, regarding the "value" of cold storage, it costs at least one million to build a cold chain warehouse: the cost of an ordinary warehouse is about 400 yuan/square meter, while a cold storage must be equipped with an insulation system, which costs at least 3,000 yuan/square meter. Yuan/square meter. The insulated box is more like a controlled room than a cold storage. Each place needs to be at a certain temperature and maintained uniformly, which requires high electricity bills. The monthly electricity bill for a 10,000 square meter cold storage is at least 200,000 yuan. Yuan. (Data source reference: 2)

Secondly, the requirements for cold chain transport vehicles are even higher. According to the GSP (Good Manufacturing Practice for Pharmaceutical Products) regulations for human drugs, cold chain data must be monitored in real time. During transportation, the data is downloaded from the database every 5 seconds.Returning to the transport vehicle, an alarm will appear if any abnormality is found.
The cost of such a set of equipment itself is very high, and coupled with the temperature control throughout the process, the current cost of cold chain transportation is at least 80% higher than that of ordinary transportation (data source reference: 2)
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Small logistics companies lack the awareness that vaccines must be transported in the cold chain, and due to distribution cost factors, it is difficult to ensure cold chain transportation. If refrigerated trucks are used for transportation, once the air conditioner is turned on, fuel consumption will be very high, which will increase costs and make it unbearable for some distribution companies.
So we don’t know whether dedicated cold chain transport vehicles are used during the current dog vaccine transportation process. We also don’t know whether the temperature is controlled throughout the transportation process.

So, Rhubarb’s summary of the current storage and transportation status of pet vaccines is:
Lack of monitoring, all based on conscience
In addition to the storage and transportation links that affect the effectiveness of the vaccine In addition to the impact, there is another very important link that determines whether our vaccine is safe, and that is the sales channel of the vaccine.
As mentioned before, regular vaccines are produced from overseas to domestic general agents or domestic branches, and then to agents at all provincial and municipal levels. These companies have legal authorization from production companies.
However, the current situation of pet vaccines is that many companies without legal authorization are also selling vaccines.
In fact, people often call Dahuang and ask: Do you need vaccines in your store? We are in **, and our vaccines are 30% cheaper than those in Hubei, and they come with free shipping.

With such a wide range of sales channels, who can guarantee that the vaccine is not fake, or that the vaccine is real but is not stored and transported at low temperatures as required to save costs, causing the vaccine to become ineffective?
There is still a lack of monitoring, it is all based on conscience!
In addition to wholesale channels, terminal sales channels are also a big loophole. Why do you say that?
Nowadays, pet rabies vaccine sales are mainly divided into three categories: pet hospitals, pet stores, and Xubao
Formal pet vaccination should be carried out by pet hospitals with "Animal Diagnosis and Treatment License" and qualified doctors. performed by a veterinarian. Pet stores and certain stores are not qualified to sell and vaccinate vaccines.

In a pet shop peer exchange group where Dahuang is a member, it is roughly estimated that more than 70% of pet shops vaccinate pets. There are four reasons why pet shops are not recommended to vaccinate:
First, because pet shops lack qualifications and professional skills, they cannot guarantee regular operations like hospitals.
Second, because pet shops do not have the same professional knowledge and awareness as pet hospitals, the refrigeration and storage of vaccines is not as strict as pet hospitals.
Thirdly, the number of vaccinations in pet stores is not as large as that in pet hospitals, and distributors are unwilling to deliver it themselves.The possibility of delivering the vaccine or having it delivered. Refrigerated shipping is not guaranteed.
Fourth, there is a certain probability of side effects from vaccination. If a pet store has a side reaction after vaccinating a pet, the pet store will not be able to rescue and deal with it.

Compared with the one below, the pet store can still be verified in person. What is even more terrifying is the pet vaccine sold by a certain treasure. As we all know, vaccines sold from Moubao are delivered to pet owners by express delivery. These express delivery services are all familiar to us: Yifeng, Yida and Santong. It is not a professional pharmaceutical cold chain transportation company. Most of the vaccines sold on a certain website are packed with ice and packaged for express delivery. Can you imagine that with current express delivery speeds ranging from a day to several days, can the vaccine be delivered before the ice melts? The effectiveness of the vaccine depends entirely on the quality of the person!

The ice cubes for the vaccine express have all melted. The customer service girl from the merchant really knows how to explain that the ice cubes are a normal logistics phenomenon and they are all at room temperature. , how dare you guarantee that there is absolutely no problem
Girl, why don’t you go to heaven
Of course, pet hospitals are not completely free of vaccine effectiveness problems, but they are relatively more professional and strict. As for effectiveness, there are actually loopholes in supervision.
In general, there are many blind spots in pet vaccines. Whether it is true or false, effective or not depends more on the conscience and responsibility of the practitioners. The editor has always believed that conscience cannot withstand the test of interests. What we really rely on is the constraints of laws and regulations and the supervision of consumers and regulatory authorities