rabieseducationalpowerpointpresentationforschool-apcri.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IF YOUR PET BITES ANY PERSON Confine your dog immediately. Check and confirm the vaccination status of your Pet. Have your Pet checked by a veterinarian immediately. Wash the wounds of the bite victims with soap and water thoroughly, apply antiseptics. Immediately consult a doctor. * RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PET OWNER Carefully select your pet with the advice of veterinary doctor. Make sure it gets socialized from when it is a puppy. Keep it healthy and have it vaccinated as advised by the veterinarian. Allow children to play with your pet only when an adult of the family is physically present to supervise. * Neuter / Spay the pet. Always walk your dog on a leash so that it can′t run loose. All the family members should take pre -exposure vaccination. * RESPONSIBILITIES OF APET OWNER If an animal bites your pet; Handle your pet carefully so you don′t get bitten too!!!. Take your pet to your veterinarian for booster vaccination. * RESPONSIBILITIES OF APET OWNER * Vaccinate your pet regularly: you owe it to your pet RESPONSIBILITIES OF APET OWNER How do you tell if an animal or your pet has rabies? General sickness. Difficulty in swallowing. Lots of drool or saliva. An animal that appears more tame than you would expect. An animal that bites at everything. An animal thats having trouble moving or may even be paralyzed. * It is important to remember that you can’t tell if an animal or your pet has rabies just by the way it’s acting. * What happens if one gets rabies? It can take one month, two months, or even longer after one is bitten / licked or scratched by a rabid animal to know that he / she is affected but by then it′s usually too late for doctors to help. The rabies virus attaches to nerve cells, working its way through the nervous system. Eventually the virus makes its way to the brain. * Symptoms of rabies in humans Fever, Headache, Sore throat, Feeling tired (these are the general symptoms). The signs