With the availability of more vaccines, the issue has grown increasingly complex.

By Tom Ewing

Should your cat be vaccinated? When? With which vaccines? And how frequently should it receive booster shots? A decade ago, says Dr. James Richards, DVM, Editor-in-Chief of CatWatch and director of the Cornell Feline Health Center, the answers to those questions were conveniently clear. “In the mid-1990s,” he recalls, “the vaccination treatment plan, or protocol, was simply based on what I call ‘the three E’s’ — every cat should be inoculated with every available vaccine every year.”

Today, identifying the wisest approach to feline vaccination is far more complex. Indeed, Dr. Richards notes, few issues in veterinary medicine are more controversial. He cites the following reasons: …

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