The causative agent of the disease is rabies virus is Rabies virus. Once in the bloodstream, it spreads along the nerve cells, reaches the salivary glands and cortex of the brain, causing life is incompatible with the defeat of the nervous system.
Rhabdovirus is constantly in nature. In the absence of the epidemic the virus for a long time preserved in animals-carriers. Distinguish between wild (forest) and urban foci of infection. In natural conditions, the most dangerous are foxes, wolves, raccoons and rodents. The city's main sources of infection are stray animals: dogs and cats.
The main method of infecting dogs — contact with saliva of a sick animal on the damaged skin or mucous membranes bites and scratches. Saliva and the animal becomes contagious 2 weeks before the first symptoms appear of the disease.
When the disease is in an advanced stage, it is able to infection are not only saliva, but other body fluids of the animal: blood, urine and faeces. Therefore a dog can become infected by eating the corpses of animals dead of rabies, or contact with their feces. This method of infection is possible if the dog has microdamages of the skin or digestive tract.
In order to protect the dog from infection, it is necessary to observe some simple precautions. This disease is zooantroponoznyh – they can hurt people, but unlike animals, people do not do an annual vaccination against rabies.
In the first place — the animal should be regularly vaccinated. The primary vaccination against rabies carried out at an early age and repeated annually. The vaccine for dogs may lose their properties due to improper storage or transport, so it is effective only in 96-98% of cases.
Rabies is a particularly dangerous disease. Massive free vaccination against the disease is conducted 2 times a year: in spring and autumn. You must come to the city of veterinary station animal. If the dog is healthy from other diseases, it will make the vaccine and will receive a veterinary passport with marks about vaccination.
You should also adhere to certain rules of the maintenance of dogs: to prevent contact with stray and wild animals while walking, do not allow contact with the bodies of dead animals or excrement. Should be cautious to feed your pet raw meat does not pass the veterinary inspection and the meat of wild animals it is better to completely eliminate it from his diet.
Causes infection dogs
Rhabdovirus is constantly in nature. In the absence of the epidemic the virus for a long time preserved in animals-carriers. Distinguish between wild (forest) and urban foci of infection. In natural conditions, the most dangerous are foxes, wolves, raccoons and rodents. The city's main sources of infection are stray animals: dogs and cats.
The main method of infecting dogs — contact with saliva of a sick animal on the damaged skin or mucous membranes bites and scratches. Saliva and the animal becomes contagious 2 weeks before the first symptoms appear of the disease.
When the disease is in an advanced stage, it is able to infection are not only saliva, but other body fluids of the animal: blood, urine and faeces. Therefore a dog can become infected by eating the corpses of animals dead of rabies, or contact with their feces. This method of infection is possible if the dog has microdamages of the skin or digestive tract.
Ways of protection from infection
In order to protect the dog from infection, it is necessary to observe some simple precautions. This disease is zooantroponoznyh – they can hurt people, but unlike animals, people do not do an annual vaccination against rabies.
In the first place — the animal should be regularly vaccinated. The primary vaccination against rabies carried out at an early age and repeated annually. The vaccine for dogs may lose their properties due to improper storage or transport, so it is effective only in 96-98% of cases.
Rabies is a particularly dangerous disease. Massive free vaccination against the disease is conducted 2 times a year: in spring and autumn. You must come to the city of veterinary station animal. If the dog is healthy from other diseases, it will make the vaccine and will receive a veterinary passport with marks about vaccination.
You should also adhere to certain rules of the maintenance of dogs: to prevent contact with stray and wild animals while walking, do not allow contact with the bodies of dead animals or excrement. Should be cautious to feed your pet raw meat does not pass the veterinary inspection and the meat of wild animals it is better to completely eliminate it from his diet.
