In this part of your bowels, stool is not fully formed. Your cecum absorbs remaining nutrients and fluid from the stool, starting its transformation to the waste you see in your toilet. Anatomically, the cecum sits in the right lower area of your abdomen, where your appendix is positioned.
1 Puppies should receive a minimum of three vaccinations between 6 and 16 weeks old, no more frequently than every three to four weeks with the final dose at 14 to 16 weeks.
At 12 weeks, 100% of the puppies were protected. Some vaccines will provide protection earlier or later. What this study shows is that vaccinating puppies under 12 weeks of age for parvo, and certainly under nine weeks of age, is a high risk â low reward approach.