About rabies prevention measures

Rabies-an acute, viral infectious disease common to humans and animals, always ends in death. Rabies affects all mammals.

Infection occurs through bites, scratching, salivation of sick animals, as well as through contact with objects contaminated with infected saliva.

Victims of animal bites should be aware that the causative agent of rabies can be in the saliva of a sick animal for 10 days before the first signs of the disease appear. From domestic animals, the source of infection of people is most often dogs and cats, from wild animals-foxes, wolves, raccoon dogs and various rodents.

Prevention measures:

• pets must be registered with the veterinary service and vaccinated annually against rabies;
• if you notice that the behavior of your animal has become inadequate, you should urgently contact the specialists of the veterinary service;
• if your animal has caused damage to another person, leave him your contact information, and also provide the animal to the specialists of the veterinary service for inspection and observation;
• you can not buy animals from unknown sellers without veterinary certificates (certificates);
• you can not pick up homeless people, contact with wild animals (hedgehogs, squirrels, foxes, rodents, etc.), because they may be sick or in the initial period of the disease, when clinical manifestations are still absent;
• if you are injured by animals, you should immediately contact a medical organization, a surgeon or a traumatologist to treat the wound and decide on a course of therapeutic and preventive immunization. Please note  Please note that the course of therapeutic and preventive vaccination is free of charge! Rabies is a 100% fatal disease that can only be prevented by a timely and fully conducted course of therapeutic and preventive immunization!