Rabies Alert

[Dobiegirl]

http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/n...nbury_vet_sparked_by_imported_puppy_1_1733894


Although it was a false alarm, rules are being flouted, how long before Rabies comes here with all these dogs coming in from abroad.

 

[Jools1234]

we will get rabies anyway due to the restrictions being loosened.
animals do not have to be tested for resistance before being allowed to travel anymore and they only have to have one vaccine as a primary vacc

 

[MurphysMinder]

Its frightening isn't it, I am sure there will be a case before too long. It just seems that people don't seem to be able to grasp the right way to go about getting a pet.

 

[s4sugar]

It is a case of when, not if, we get rabies here & few people know the implications.

It is over 30 years since I had rabies jabs - I hope they are less painful now.

 

[Dizzydancer]

Now silly question but rabies hasn't been a problem in this country through my life.
Obviously they inject humans against it?
Do/will they also have jabs for pet dogs and cats(if they get it)?

 

[s4sugar]

If a dog or cat develops rabies it is lethal and their is no treatment. If a human is exposed (usually = bitten) to rabies then a series of injections can be given which are effective if started immediately.

Once rabies symptoms develop then treatment is rarely effective (I think in only one case the patient recovered/survived)

If rabies does appear in the UK every pet dog, cat & ferret will require vaccinations.

 

[Dizzydancer]

So hopefully they are makin vaccine to protect then!

 

[s4sugar]

Pets abroad are routinely vaccinated.

In many countries rabies vaccines for dogs are mandatory.

This is a simple site to explain some possibilities if a pet is exposed to one with rabies -
http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/specific_groups/veterinarians/potential_exposure.html

 

[bubbilygum]

Some people are beyond stupid, and it will be the rest of us left to suffer the consequences of them importing these animals .

Hopefully scares like this will see greater restrictions being put in place on importing animals - the UK being rabies free is so important, for pets, wildlife and people.

 

[Dizzydancer]

Thanks s4sugar

 

[CorvusCorax]

My friend's sister got rabies when she was bitten by a dog abroad. It was about 15 years ago, she did receive prompt treatment but all these years later she is still suffering

 

[Enfys]

Now silly question but rabies hasn't been a problem in this country through my life.
Obviously they inject humans against it? Where I am is not a rabies free country. Humans are not vaccinated as a matter of course, unless, you are in a high risk profession such as a Vet etc, ironically there are annual rabies vaccines for animals, horses included. If you get bitten by a dog, said dog is automatically quarantined for 10 days and if it proves to have rabies then you have to have shots - bizarre eh? If you get bitten by a raccoon, squirrel etc and the animal is shot you have to wait for the test results, if the animal escapes then you are given the shots - just in case. That is how it was all explained to me anyway
Do/will they also have jabs for pet dogs and cats(if they get it)? as I said, pets and horses are generally vaccinated, if they get rabies then I assume they are simply pta, prognosis is not good

You simply get on and live with the rabies risk, you can't go around panicking. You just use your common sense, you don't touch wild animals or stray dogs, and you get your pets vaccinated - horses included. The horse vaccine and the dog vaccine are identical. My Vet does my horses and my dogs.