Is this fact communicated in scientific literature? All I can find in my search is a study which found the rabies vaccine decreased all-cause mortality (in one population of dogs in South Africa)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X1...

If you have a link to another study I would appreciate it

That's a huge claim, which requires huge evidence. Source?

It's generally understood that rabies vaccines increase longevity against all causes of death. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X1...

> The basic issue is that life longevity goes down with the vaccine, by many years.

Do you have a source for this handy? I couldn’t find anything with a cursory search.

I have a dog that’s getting on in years and would like to keep them around as long as possible. I do live in a very rural area so the possibility of infected animals is certainly not nil, though.

This is not true. If that were the case, the mechanism by which the longevity of the animal is being decreased would have been noted and studied. Especially since we've been vaccinating dogs since 1979.

Really? This was never communicated to me either! Can you provide some links?

Is this also true for cats?