Compulsory vaccination of dogs against rabies

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Puppies up to the end of the entire vaccination nevodime have 14 days to the risk environment, such as training, exhibitions and frequent places venceni.

Dogs in danger

With summer starting vyrazeji people to nature and take with them their dog pets, children have two months holidays, city pensioners spend warmer part of the cottages. The owners of the dogs used their animals and transmitted to the alternative care of their families.

Increased risk

When walking dogs in rural areas may encounter wildlife, and infected with rabies only. Many new initiatives scent and the fact that commands not from his own master, contributing to the dog that is found on track fox, hare or zdivocele cats will uposlechnutim with the alarm delay. It is necessary to vaccinate dogs against rabies. Duty vaccination is given even the law No 166/1999 Coll. (Title II, Section I,4, paragraph f) of 30 7. 1999 on the responsibilities of breeders of dogs and other animals kept in captivity. All of these animals, both dogs must be vaccinated against rabies in age from 3 to 6 months and thereafter once a year. Cats are vakcinuji only the owner on request. Vaccination is an obligation borne by the owner and animal.
If the farmer fails to comply with this obligation, he may be under 71, paragraph 1, point 1 above, the Act imposed a fine of the veterinary services of up to CZK 10 000, and for repeated violations of the law can impose a fine up to CZK 20 000.

What is Rabies
Nelecitelne Rabies is a viral disease transmitted to humans. It is the only vaccination that is required for dogs.By law, each owner must give your dog once a year preockovat against rabies.
The disease is shed in saliva infected animal to get into wounds or mucous membranes.
The virus attacks the nervous system. Initial symptoms are changes in behavior, pozirani nestravitelnych articles and discharge of saliva from the mouth. Later, the animal becomes restless and aggressive, voice changes, he can not swallow and has a fever. Finally, the animal gradually ochrne and die.
No treatment for this disease exists, and always ends with death of the animal.

What is vaccination

Vaccination is a reliable protection against many infectious diseases, which can be fatal. Against the vakcinuje a long time, other vaccines are still a novelty.The vaccination program could be included in addition to vaccination against rabies also lymeske boreliozu, parvovirozu, distemper, koronavirozu, infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, tetanus and rainfluenzi - that in those localities where the disease occurs more frequently.
The first puppy vaccination is carried out between six to eight weeks of age. By this time, is protected by antibodies derived from colostrum (milk females after giving birth) in the first three days of his life. Only for high-risk individuals in the collective farms or nehygienickych can have at this stage to apply directly to antibodies, which are similar to those adopting a puppy from the mother. After completion of the vaccination program are already implementing tzv.udrzovaci vaccination once a year.
The farmer may decidein which the private veterinarian will allow the animal vakcinovat. Vaccination is indicated in the health certificate and veterinarian dog it also recorded in the list of owners of dogs.

Adverse reactions
The most common adverse reaction is a substance which is diluted vaccine, and the vaccine against leptospirosis. The reaction may start about half an hour to an hour after the vaccination, which appears at the injection site mild swelling in the form of small boulicky that moves with the skin. Time is slowly absorbed.
Increased allergic reactions may occur swelling head and neck, which may cause suffocation, or a total neurological signs and unconsciousness. An immediate professional assistance.

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