Vaccinating Your Pet: Facts, Fear & Holistic Truths

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate.

Few topics in veterinary medicine spark more debate — or more confusion.

In this episode of Controversial Animal Topics, Dr. Turnera Croom, Army veteran and holistic veterinarian, sits down with one of her Future Vets virtual interns, Hadasha Luciano-Cortes, for a candid conversation about vaccines, overvaccination, and whole-animal care.

Hadasha brings hands-on experience in lab animal science, working with primates, swine, dogs, rabbits, and rodents — and a grounded perspective as a future veterinarian navigating one of the profession’s most polarizing questions.

Together, they discuss:

• Core vs. non-core vaccines
 • Rabies laws and ethical responsibility
 • The difference between fear and data
 • Risks of overvaccination
 • Titer testing and immune response
 • How holistic veterinary medicine approaches vaccination
 • Why nuance matters more than extremes

Vaccines save lives.
 Overvaccination can cause harm.

Both can be true.

This episode challenges pet parents, pre-veterinary students, and veterinary professionals to think critically instead of choosing sides.

Because real change in pet health doesn’t start with blind trust or blanket rejection — it starts with informed curiosity.

If you care about evidence-based veterinary medicine, holistic pet care, immune health, and the future of the veterinary profession, this conversation is for you.

Stay curious. Stay engaged. And keep questioning.

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✨ “True holistic care brings comfort to pets—and peace to the humans who love them.” — Dr. Turnera Croom, Army Vet