RABIES

Question 1

29. Definition of potentially rabid animal

Answer 1

Animal
- Showing the signs of rabies (the disease)
- OR symptomless BUT has been bitten by a rabid or potentially rabid animal
- AND a wild mammal which behaves strangely or attacks humans

Question 2

30. Definition of potentially rabies-infected animal

Answer 2

Animal that:
- Has or may have been in contact with a rabid or potentially rabid animal
Within the last 90 days

Question 3

31. Definition of rabies risky animal

Answer 3

• Any mammal that has attacked or bitten humans
• OR any dog that has not received anti-rabies vaccination in accordance with the
  regulations

Question 4

PQ – Definition of Rabid animal – additional question

Answer 4

• Animal in which unquestionable laboratory tests have confirmed rabies

Question 5

32. Official measures with potentially rabid animals

Answer 5

Potentially rabid domestic animals or susceptible animals kept in captivity:
- Killed
- OR monitored for 90 days, isolated in adequate conditions
if signs → inspected daily
if no signs → inspected weekly
Potentially rabid stray or wild animals
- Killed
- AND official vet informed without delay

Question 6

33. Official measures with potentially rabies-infected animals

Answer 6

• Put under official monitoring for 90 days
  Carnivores: separated at the place of their keeping or at an official place
  Non-carnivores: tied and separated
• Inspected every 3 weeks

Question 7

34. Official measures with potentially rabies risky animals

Answer 7

For rabies-risky dogs
- Monitor for 14 days*
- AND microchip, if not already microchipped
- AND anti-rabies vaccination at the end of monitoring, if no valid vaccine
For all rabies-risky animals
- *Monitor for 14 days
Car: at keeper’s place or adequate site, non-car: at keeping place, separated
If any signs → inspected daily until full recovery
If no signs → inspected weekly
If typical rabies signs → killed immediately and samples sent to lab
- Prohibited slaughter, treatment or treatment attempt

Question 8

35. Rules of preventive vaccination of dogs against rabies

Answer 8

• Obligatory vaccination of all dogs above 3 mo
  Within 30 days after reaching 3 months old (monovalent)
  Within 6 months after 1st vaccination (monovalent)
  Yearly afterwards

Question 9

36. Public health measures in case of rabies

Answer 9

• An official vet
  confirming rabies or potential rabies
  aware that a rabid or potentially rabid or potentially infected animal
  has bitten (attacked) any person
  → shall notify the competent regional institution of medial authority
• A physician
  caring for any wound caused by a dog, cat or wild animals
  → shall notify in writing the official veterinary authority
• The autopsy or head removal of a rabid or potentially rabid animal
  → shall be performed by an official vet, in protective clothes, for lab sampling only