Question Kim, with titering, I am researching this and would like your opinion..
I have come across the information that a titer test can't measure the actual immunity to a viruses, as immunity is dependant on memory cells rather then antiboties. And memory cells can't be measured?
I have to quote this part... I just lack the imagination to put it into my own words...
"Memory cells are what prompt the immune system to create antibodies and dispatch them to an infection caused by the virus it "remembers." Memory cells don't need "reminders" in the form of re-vaccination to keep producing antibodies. (Science, 1999; "Immune system's memory does not need reminders.") If the animal recently encountered the virus, their level of antibody might be quite high, but that doesn't mean they are more immune than an animal with a lower titer. "
So some people could titer test and find the immunity there, and not vaccinate, there are some people that may titer test, not find the immunity and revaccinate, when in all actuality is it possible that their animals really are protected still?
What do you think of this? Can titering just be for peace of mind, boarding or travel reasons, etc, but probably the animal is still protected even if a low or zero titer comes back?