I believe it was Dr. Ron Schultz who said that immunity may last a lifetime but
I'm sure further studies are being done.    Here's an interesting article on
the possible link between vaccines and kidney disease:

"PARENTERAL ADMINISTRATION OF FVRCP VACCINES
INDUCES ANTIBODIES AGAINST FELINE RENAL TISSUES.

MR Lappin, WA Jensen, R Chandrashekar, and SD Kinney. From
the Department of Clinical Sciences (Lappin), Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, CO and the Heska Corporation, Fort Collins
CO (Jensen, Chandrashekar, and Kinney).

 Chronic renal failure is a common cause of death in cats.
Lymphocytic/plasmacytic interstitial nephritis is common
histopathologically,
suggesting immune-mediated reactions may play a role. Feline
herpesvirus 1,
calicivirus, and panleukopenia virus for use in feline vaccines (FVRCP)
are
commonly grown in Crandall-Reese Feline Kidney (CRFK) cells. As a
consequence, commercially available FVRCP vaccines contain CRFK
proteins.
The objectives of this study were to determine whether cats inoculated
with
FVRCP vaccines develop antibodies against CRFK cell extracts and if so,
to
determine if these antibodies reacted with extracts of feline renal
tissue (FRT).

 Fourteen age-matched, mixed-sex, unvaccinated kittens were divided
into seven
pairs. To each pair of kittens, one of the following was administered:
10µg of
CRFK protein SQ; 50µg of CRFK protein SQ; 50µg of CRFK protein plus an
aluminum adjuvant SQ; a FVRCP vaccine for intranasal administration, or
one of
three FVRCP vaccines for SQ administration. The concentration of CRFK
protein
used was comparable to the range detected in the vaccines. Kittens
receiving
CRFK proteins were inoculated every two to four weeks for a total of
eight times
during the study period and kittens receiving vaccines were inoculated
every three
weeks for three inoculations. Serum samples were collected prior to
inoculation
and six months later. ELISAs to detect feline antibodies that bind to
CRFK cell
extracts or FRT extracts were optimized. All sera were assayed in both
ELISAs
and absorbance values calculated. An individual cat was considered
positive for
antibodies against either CRFK cell extracts or FRT extracts if the mean
absorbance value of duplicate post-inoculation wells was greater than
the mean
plus three standard deviations of the 14 pre-inoculation sample
absorbance values.

 None of the cats was positive for antibodies against CRFK or FRT
extracts prior
to inoculation. All six kittens inoculated with CRFK proteins were
positive for
anti-CRFK antibodies in the post-inoculation sample; five of these six
kittens were
positive for anti-FRT antibodies. Neither cat inoculated with the
intranasal FVRCP
vaccine was positive for anti-CRFK or anti-FRT antibodies
post-inoculation. Of
the cats inoculated with FVRCP vaccines SQ, five of six and four of six
were
positive for anti-CRFK antibodies or anti-FRT antibodies in the
post-inoculation
sample, respectively.

 Administration of FVRCP vaccines SQ to cats can induce antibody
responses to
CRFK proteins and feline renal tissues. Further research will be needed
to define
the role of these autoantibodies in the development of chronic renal
failure in cats."

Lauren
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Another article:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/
query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12009059&dopt=Abstract
1: Vet Pathol 2002 Mar;39(2):216-27
"Cats differ from mink and ferrets in their response to commercial
vaccines: a histologic comparison of early vaccine reactions.
Carroll EE, Dubielzig RR, Schultz RD.
Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, USA. eggerse@s...
Early histologic changes in lesions at vaccine sites were compared in
cats, mink, and ferrets. Twenty-four 4-month-old cats, 20 4-month-old
mink, and 20 12-month-old ferrets were vaccinated with three rabies
virus vaccines, two feline leukemia virus vaccines, alum adjuvant, and
saline. Injection sites were excised at selected time points up to 21
days postvaccination. Histologic examination of the tissue revealed
significant differences among the cats, mink, and ferrets in the local
response to the commercial vaccines. When compared with ferrets and
mink, cats had more lymphocytes in response to all three rabies
vaccines. Production of fibroblasts, collagen, and macrophages differed
among the three killed aluminum-adjuvanted vaccines in cats but did not
differ significantly in mink or ferrets. Cats produced fewer binucleate
cells than did mink or ferrets in response to the two adjuvanted
leukemia virus vaccines. Differences seen in early tissue response of
cats to commercial vaccines may be related to the increased
predisposition of cats to vaccine-associated sarcomas.
PMID: 12009059 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Lauren
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Hi Soozy ,
 I've read that boosters only need to be done every three years, if
that .Kim gets a bit poorly after , she is also allergic and suffers
from crystals . I'm seriously thinking of not having her done next
year . The only problem is that if you need to use a cattery then you
have to have up to date vaccinations . They are very strict about it .

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ok I understand that.

well she only uses nosodes because she lost a litter of kitten when they
were 8 weeks old of what they were vaccinated against

Does your breeder have no

she does not live near me, she buy the medication on line.

From the description

well all 3 of the kittens in that litter got the *infection* it was cleared
up with a 5 day does of antibiotics, then a few days later it came back, so
may it was just not cleared up in the first place.

Ok I will speak to my vet tomorrow about this, thank you for your
suggestions