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  • Increase In Pet Abandonment Sparks Rabies Concerns

    For months we’ve been telling you that the current economic slowdown combined with the rise in fuel costs have left more and more families with little choice but to abandon their pets. Now after a series of attacks by a rabid cat in Milford, CT many are wondering if this current rise in pet abandonments may also result in a rise in the number of ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by blogmaster on August 20, 2008

  • Pet Attack Sparks Rabies Concerns

    For months we’ve been telling you that the current economic slowdown combined with the rise in fuel costs have left more and more families with little choice but to abandon their pets. Now after a series of attacks by a rabid cat in Milford, CT many are wondering if this current rise in pet abandonments may also result in a rise in the number of ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by blogmaster on August 20, 2008

  • Mandatory Rabies Vaccines?

    I just read this on the China View about how Chinese authorities have ordered all dogs to receive mandatory rabies vaccines.  They are hoping that this will curb the number of human rabies cases.  Between 2004 and 2006 more than 8400 people's lives were claimed by rabies which is around 30% of the total deaths from infectious ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by bloglady on February 6, 2008

  • Rabies Vaccine....is it still necessary?

    On September 7, 2007, the Centers for Disease Control announced that the canine form of rabies has been eraditicated from the United States.Good news for dogs!So, is it still necessary that animal licensing agencies require rabies vaccinations before issuing dog licenses?There's already a lot of literature circulating around the Internet claiming ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on November 1, 2007

  • Interesting way to vaccinate......

    This following story from WBZtv is really cool.  I wonder if they couldn't do something like that for dogs or cats who hate to go to the vet to be immunized.  It would be great if they could make little parvovirus or feline distemper vaccine treats for our pets. ''Thousands of doses of rabies vaccine are being dropped over northern ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on August 15, 2007