Once the dog or cat has passed the official EU OIE rabies antibody titre test, the test is considered valid for the life of the animal as long as the animal is rabies vaccinated annually before the expiration date of the last rabies vaccine It is strongly recommended that pets going to EU...
For healthy, unvaccinated patients bitten by a rabid animal, postexposure prophylaxis consists of wound care, local infiltration of rabies immune globulin, and vaccine administration on days 0, 3, 7, and 14. When provided in a timely and appropriate manner, modern postexposure prophylaxis virtually...
The idea of using modified infectious material as protection from viral disease was adopted by Pasteur, who used attenuatedrabies virusfrom infected rabbit spinal cord to protect dogs from rabies. His strategy, which was similar to what he did to produce a chickencholera vaccine, was to take inf...
Once the dog or cat has passed the official EU OIE rabies antibody titre test, the test is considered valid for the life of the animal as long as the animal is rabies vaccinated annually before the expiration date of the last rabies vaccine It is strongly recommended that pets going to EU...
for antibodies to rabies virus, whereas sera with PB < 40% were negative. Just under ninety percent (89.2%; n = 373) of dogs were seronegative, and the rest (10.8%; n = 45) had detectable levels of rabies virus-specific antibodies. All eight brain tissue samples were positive for ...
A 1 mL dose of rabies vaccine (Nobivac Rabies®—MSD Animal Health) was administered subcutaneously or intramuscularly, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Vaccinated dogs were marked with animal-friendly paint on the head, enabling short-term identification of vaccination status. Puppies ...
Rabies is a zoonotic disease responsible for at least 2.5 million human rabies deaths over the past century [1]. The overwhelming majority of human cases are the result of a bite from a rabid dog [1,2]. Rabies is vaccine-preventable; however, in the absence of appropriate post-exposure pr...