{"id":230224,"date":"2023-08-31T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=230224"},"modified":"2023-11-09T20:33:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T01:33:35","slug":"nearly-half-of-dog-owners-are-hesitant-to-vaccinate-their-pets","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/nearly-half-of-dog-owners-are-hesitant-to-vaccinate-their-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly Half of Dog Owners Are Hesitant to Vaccinate Their Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin sphnews-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-top has-text-position-x-right has-text-position-y-bottom has-light-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2119\" height=\"1414\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Rhodesian ridgeback puppy second vaccination in vet clinic\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax.jpg 2119w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-755x504.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-1499x1000.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/08\/dog-vax-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2119px) 100vw, 2119px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner has-opacity-70\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">vaccines<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Nearly Half of Dog Owners Are Hesitant to Vaccinate Their Pets<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">A new study has found that US dog owners who harbor mistrust in the safety and efficacy of childhood and adult vaccines are also more likely to hold negative views about vaccinating their four-legged friends.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">August 31, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/authors\/jillian-mckoy\/\">Jillian McKoy<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Public confidence in&nbsp;adult and child&nbsp;vaccines has declined during the pandemic, largely&nbsp;spurred by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1532673X211022639\" target=\"_blank\">misperceptions and mistrust<\/a> in the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine. Now a new study led by a School of Public Health researcher suggests that this hesitancy towards COVID&nbsp;vaccines extends to pet vaccinations,&nbsp;as well\u2014and&nbsp;at worrying levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0264410X23010150\" target=\"_blank\">Published in the journal&nbsp;<em>Vaccine<\/em><\/a>, the study&nbsp;analyzed a nationally representative sample of adults&nbsp;in the United States and found that more than half of people who own dogs expressed some level of canine vaccine hesitancy\u2014i.e. skepticism about&nbsp;vaccinating their pets&nbsp;against rabies and other diseases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An estimated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avma.org\/javma-news\/2021-12-01\/pet-population-still-rise-fewer-pets-household\">45&nbsp;percent<\/a> of US&nbsp;households own a dog;&nbsp;according to the survey results, nearly 40 percent of dog owners believe that canine vaccines are unsafe, more than 20 percent believe these vaccines are ineffective, and 30 percent consider them to be medically&nbsp;unnecessary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 37 percent of dog owners also believe that canine vaccination could cause their dogs to develop autism, even though there is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccinesafety\/concerns\/autism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no scientific data<\/a> that validates this risk for animals or humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study is the first to formally quantify the prevalence, origins, and health policy consequences of concerns aboutcanine vaccination. The survey was conducted between March 30 and April 10, 2023&nbsp;among&nbsp;2,200 dog owners who&nbsp;answered questions through the research sampling firm YouGov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, the findings show indication of a COVID vaccine \u201cspillover\u201d effect in the US\u2014that&nbsp;people who hold negative attitudes toward&nbsp;human vaccines are more likely to hold negative views toward vaccinating their pets. These dog owners are also more likely to&nbsp;oppose&nbsp;policies that encourage widespread rabies vaccination, and less likely to make the effort to&nbsp;vaccinate their pets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-list alignright sphnews-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/health-law-and-business\/dog-owners-hesitant-to-vaccinate-pets-against-rabies-after-covid\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">Dog Owners Hesitant to Vaccinate Pets against Rabies after COVID<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">August 28, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p>These attitudes are in contrast to most state-level polices in the US, where almost all states require domestic dogs to be vaccinated against rabies. The disease still poses a potential health threat, as it carries a near 100-percent&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/rabies\/\" target=\"_blank\">fatality rate<\/a>, and the canine rabies vaccine is much less accessible in developing countries than in the US and other high-income countries. More than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/commentaries\/detail\/new-global-strategic-plan-to-eliminate-dog-mediated-rabies-by-2030#:~:text=The%20Global%20Strategic%20Plan%20set,evidence%2Dbased%20guidance%20and%20high%2D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">59,000 people<\/a> die from canine-mediated rabies across the globe each year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, if fears towards pet vaccinations&nbsp;persist or increase, this skepticism&nbsp;could pose serious public health implications for both animals&nbsp;and humans, the researchers say.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe vaccine spillover effects that we document in our research underscore the importance of restoring trust in human vaccine safety and efficacy,\u201d&nbsp;says study lead and corresponding author&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/matthew-motta\/\">Matt Motta<\/a>, assistant professor of health law, policy &amp; management, who studies how anti-science beliefs and attitudes affect health and health policies. \u201cIf non-vaccination were to become more common, our pets, vets, and even our friends and family risk coming into contact with vaccine-preventable diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American Animal Hospital Association calls vaccinations \u201ca cornerstone of canine preventive healthcare\u201d&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaha.org\/aaha-guidelines\/2022-aaha-canine-vaccination-guidelines\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommends<\/a> that all dogs (barring specific medical reasons), receive a core set of vaccines for rabies, distemper, adenovirus, parvovirus, and parainfluenza, and advises that many dogs receive additional \u201cnon-core\u201d inoculations for Lyme disease, Bordetella, and other diseases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with animals that are not current on their rabies vaccine poses increased risks for veterinarians and all animal care attendants at a hospital, says study coauthor Dr. Gabriella Motta, a veterinarian at Glenolden Veterinary Hospital in Glenolden, Pa. (and sister of Matt Motta). She says she encounters an unvaccinated animal or&nbsp;a&nbsp;vaccine-hesitant&nbsp;pet owner every day in her job.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen a staff member is bitten by an animal, there is always concern for infection or trauma, but the seriousness of the situation escalates if the animal is unvaccinated or overdue for its rabies vaccine,\u201d Gabriella Motta says. Per Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agriculture.pa.gov\/Animals\/AHDServices\/Documents\/Understanding%20Rabies%20Quarantines%20for%20Veterinary%20Clinics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">guidelines<\/a>, once a veterinary staff member is bitten by an undervaccinated or unvaccinated animal, the animal must undergo a period of observation and the staff member is encouraged to receive immediate medical attention. These situations place a mental health burden on the person bitten, as well as the rest of the veterinary staff, in an industry that already struggles with widespread burnout, understaffing, and job turnover, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But she reiterates that the rabies vaccine is overwhelmingly safe and effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith any drug, treatment, or vaccine, there is always a risk of adverse effects, but the risk with the rabies vaccine is quite low\u2014especially when compared to the risk of rabies infection, which is almost 100-percent lethal,\u201d Gabriella Motta says. Pet owners who&nbsp;are concerned about the cost of pet vaccines may be able to seek low-cost options at local veterinary vaccination clinics, she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers don\u2019t believe canine vaccine hesitancy is&nbsp;widespread enough to pose a current threat to public health in the US, but that could change if vaccine misinformation and mistrust about animal and human vaccines are not quelled with sound, scientific data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s important to remember that it once seemed unthinkable that MMR [Measles, Mumps, and Rubella] vaccine mandates in public schools might come under attack in state legislatures across the country,\u201d Matt Motta says. \u201cAnd, yet,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41541-023-00611-3\" target=\"_blank\">previous<\/a>&nbsp;and ongoing research suggests that this is indeed the case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study\u2019s senior&nbsp;author is&nbsp;<a 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largely&nbsp;spurred by&nbsp;misperceptions and mistrust in the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine. Now a new study led by a School of Public Health researcher suggests that this hesitancy towards COVID&nbsp;vaccines extends to pet vaccinations,&nbsp;as well\u2014and&nbsp;at worrying levels. 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