Comments on: Rabies in Bali http://brebisnoire.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/rabies-in-bali/ Animals, veterinary medicine and history, religion and more... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: deBeauxOs http://brebisnoire.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/rabies-in-bali/#comment-197 deBeauxOs Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:41:13 +0000 http://brebisnoire.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-197 And only if the locks are racoon-proof. Very clever and agile, those racoons. And only if the locks are racoon-proof. Very clever and agile, those racoons.

]]> By: brebis noire http://brebisnoire.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/rabies-in-bali/#comment-178 brebis noire Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:31:36 +0000 http://brebisnoire.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-178 (Raccoons assume that any food not locked up in houses is for them. ;-) ) (Raccoons assume that any food not locked up in houses is for them. ;-) )

]]> By: brebis noire http://brebisnoire.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/rabies-in-bali/#comment-177 brebis noire Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:30:33 +0000 http://brebisnoire.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-177 Yes, the quarantine law is still on in Britain - last spring there was a case of rabies in a quarantined puppy that had been imported from Sri Lanka http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2008/080425d.htm So of course they are happy that the system is working and won't be reducing the quarantine period because Britain is a rabies-free island and they obviously want to stay that way. In your corner of the woods, there is more of a problem with rabies than elsewhere in Quebec - I always refer to your general area when people ask me about the rabies in southern Quebec. Where I live (much further east) we have only heard of cases in bats. Two or three years ago a guy in Bury was bitten by a rabid bat - he picked it up, thought it was dead but it bit him and then died. Luckily he had the presence of mind to have the bat sent to the lab and when it tested positive he got his shots. Perhaps he even started on the shots before the results came in, though results should be produced rapidly with the post-mortem virology tests directly on the brain. Nasty, nasty disease. Yes, the quarantine law is still on in Britain – last spring there was a case of rabies in a quarantined puppy that had been imported from Sri Lanka
http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2008/080425d.htm

So of course they are happy that the system is working and won’t be reducing the quarantine period because Britain is a rabies-free island and they obviously want to stay that way.

In your corner of the woods, there is more of a problem with rabies than elsewhere in Quebec – I always refer to your general area when people ask me about the rabies in southern Quebec. Where I live (much further east) we have only heard of cases in bats. Two or three years ago a guy in Bury was bitten by a rabid bat – he picked it up, thought it was dead but it bit him and then died. Luckily he had the presence of mind to have the bat sent to the lab and when it tested positive he got his shots. Perhaps he even started on the shots before the results came in, though results should be produced rapidly with the post-mortem virology tests directly on the brain.

Nasty, nasty disease.

]]> By: hemmingforddogblog http://brebisnoire.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/rabies-in-bali/#comment-176 hemmingforddogblog Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:16:38 +0000 http://brebisnoire.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-176 I remember a neighbour of ours who was moving to England with their dalmation. She told me (and this was a few years ago) that their dog had to be in quarantine for 6(?) months -- and she had to foot the bill. I believe it was because of rabies. At the time there had never been rabies in Britian, and this was their way of making sure it did not enter the country. Do you know if this is still so? I think down south here, there is a problem with rabies in racoons. Sometime during the summer there are helicopters dropping food packages with rabies vacine in it for the racoons. This happens right at the NY/Que/Vermonts borders. (How do the racoons know the packages are for them?):) I remember a neighbour of ours who was moving to England with their dalmation. She told me (and this was a few years ago) that their dog had to be in quarantine for 6(?) months — and she had to foot the bill. I believe it was because of rabies. At the time there had never been rabies in Britian, and this was their way of making sure it did not enter the country. Do you know if this is still so?

I think down south here, there is a problem with rabies in racoons. Sometime during the summer there are helicopters dropping food packages with rabies vacine in it for the racoons. This happens right at the NY/Que/Vermonts borders. (How do the racoons know the packages are for them?):)

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