Vaccination against Canine Babesiosis available   Nobivac® Piro (Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health South Africa) is available with us. The vaccine reduces the severity of clinical signs of the disease (and therefore decrease mortality rates) that the animal is being immunized for. Vaccinated dogs show a significant reduction in clinical signs and number of parasites within the red blood cells. Nobivac® Piro can be used in animals older than 6 months of age. The basic vaccination protocol includes a once off second booster vaccination to be given 3 – 6 weeks after the initial vaccination, and then revaccinating every 6 months, to maintain protective antibody titres in the blood.   Marketed by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health South Africa, this innovation will prove beneficial to dog owners throughout South Africa, and especially owners of dogs that live in areas with a high tick burden throughout the year, or active dogs exposed to a variety of different environments harboring various tick species. Speak to us and get your dogs protected!! VACCINATE YOUR PETS!! Rabies outbreak confirmed in Mindalore, Krugersdorp. A positive case of rabies in a dog has been confirmed in Mindalore in February 2011. Thus, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development launched a rabies vaccination  campaign for household pets from 10 March. It It is compulsory to have your pets vaccinated if they have been bitten in the last three months. Make sure your pets get their annual vaccinations and remain protected against rabies!!