Rabies vaccination campaign steps up as infections spread

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Rabies vaccination campaign steps up as infections spread

By THE NATION

 

 

DISEASE RED ZONES DECLARED IN 22 PROVINCES AMID VACCINE SHORTAGES.
 

THE LIVESTOCK Development Department and other agencies are stepping up rabies vaccinations for dogs and cats after 22 provinces across the country have been announced as rabies “red zones”, with at least three human deaths attributed to the deadly disease reported so far this year – in Surin, Songkhla and Trang.

 

 

Authorities need to intensify the rate of vaccination as many people do not know that death is almost guaranteed if a person is bitten by an infected animal – usually a dog or cat – unless they quickly receive a full dose of vaccine.

 

However, local administrations in the Northeast region do not have enough vaccine to service all areas. 

 

There were 359 confirmed cases of rabies infections in animals reported in 37 provinces, mostly in the northeastern and southern regions, from the beginning of the year until Sunday, according to the Livestock Development Depart-ment’s rabies monitoring network. The outbreak has spread rapidly compared to last year with 315 confirmed cases in January and February this year, double the number over the same period in 2017. 

 

Nakhon Ratchasima Governor Wichian Chantharanothai said yesterday that he had ordered rabies centres be set up in all 32 districts of the province, where the outbreak has been detected in nine districts. 

 

 

A pet cat is tied down so it can be sterilised in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Muang district yesterday. Many Livestock Development Department officials are sterilising cats and dogs and protecting them against rabies in a bid to curb an outbreak of rabies.

 

Wichian added that the latest suspected rabies case involving a human had been reported in Soeng Sang district, where a 48-year-old man had died. He said the results of lab tests to confirm the cause of the death would be available this week, which might raise the official death toll to four.

 

 

 People in Ubon Ratchathani’s Natan district panicked yesterday after stray dogs bit people in Hat Chom Dao, according to Prakrong Buddapan, chief of Tambon Natan.

 

However, the district livestock authority said the stray dogs involved were not infected.

 

“Our major concern is that we don’t have enough vaccine for dogs and cats in the areas,” said Chavalit Litthisuth, chief of the Natan district livestock authority.

 

In Buri Ram’s Krasang district yesterday, Livestock Development Department and local administrative officials vaccinated 500 pet cats and dogs as well as strays in four villages in Tambon Ban Preu after a one-year-old cow died from unknown causes. Its carcass was destroyed after it was tested, but another cow in the same enclosure has since developed suspicious symptoms. 

 

 

Vaccinations were also stepped up in Loei’s Erawan district yesterday after two rabid dogs were found in nearby Tha Li and Na Haeo districts. A survey this year found that there were 70,000 cats and dogs in the northeastern province. 

 

 

In Tak’s Mae Sot district, public health volunteers in Tambon Mae Pa vaccinated more than 100 pet cats and dogs in 11 villages after authorities declared two villages as “zones under temporary watch” from February 27 through March 26.

 

In Trang’s Huai Yot district, officials vaccinated 1,000 pet and stray dogs, especially those in a five-kilometre radius of where a dog in Tambon Tha Ngew was recently found infected. 

 

Livestock Development Department deputy chief Chirasak Pipattanapongsophon last week blamed the virus’s spread on the fact that many pet owners had failed to take their animals in for vaccination and allowed them to stray outside, exposing them to rabid dogs. A failure to vaccinate pet animals is a petty offence punishable by a Bt200 fine per animal.

 

The bureaucracy managing the vaccinations, which has caused delays to some local bodies’ anti-rabies efforts, has also been blamed on social media as a factor contributing to the current outbreak. 

 

Meanwhile, in a case exemplifying the dysfunction, the mayor of Muang Nakhon Ratchasima’s Tambon Suranaree, Somyot Ratana-preeyanuch, has been ordered to pay back a budget that he had approved to buy rabies vaccines during a 2013 outbreak after an investigation. 

 

At the time, the authority to distribute vaccines was held by provincial livestock development offices, which were slow to make disbursements. 

 

Since late 2016, the Interior Ministry has allowed local administrative bodies to buy vaccines to ensure a more timely response in emergencies. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30340777

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-13

[stanleycoin]

Time for

Euthanasia for the total wild dog population of Thailand. 

 

It could even stop a few bad people coming back if you

believe  all that Mumbo Jumbo. 

 

Edited March 12, 2018 by stanleycoin

[Puwa]

Regarding the map in the article, that is not Tak Province. We're in good hands.

[Thian]

Better give the dogs a tatoo or so....that label on the collar will be gone within a year.

[lopburi3]

1 hour ago, Thian said:

Better give the dogs a tatoo or so....that label on the collar will be gone within a year.

At which time a new shot would not hurt - it is required in some US states.  

[Get Real]

4 hours ago, Thian said:

Better give the dogs a tatoo or so....that label on the collar will be gone within a year.

Within a year??? Yeah, ok you will be somehow, somekindá right. It is really within a year. Our two dogs get vaccinated one time a year. They get this metal label put on their collar. That one the dogs have taken away and bitten to demolision status in a couple of hours. 

Edited March 13, 2018 by Get Real

[Airbagwill]

UYet again the idea of a "cull" raises its head.

 

anyone who has done a modicum of research will know that CULLS DON"T WORK....... they are not a practical solution to roaming dogs.

the only places they can work are on small islands and then experience in other countries have shown how costly and difficult it is.

 

The only long-term, viable solution to a roaming dog problem is to restrict their access to food both from garbage and by people feeding them.

 

Any other proposal is just pissing in the wind.

[davemos]

Bitten by a rabid dog Heaps of money 1000 b Sabine vaccine from Paris Still froth at the mouth occasionally. 

[stanleycoin]

1 hour ago, Airbagwill said:

UYet again the idea of a "cull" raises its head.

 

anyone who has done a modicum of research will know that CULLS DON"T WORK....... they are not a practical solution to roaming dogs.

the only places they can work are on small islands and then experience in other countries have shown how costly and difficult it is.

 

The only long-term, viable solution to a roaming dog problem is to restrict their access to food both from garbage and by people feeding them.

 

Any other proposal is just pissing in the wind.

But

If all the wild dogs are dead in Thailand

That sounds like a success to me.

An effective cull,   jobs a good,n  

Edited March 13, 2018 by stanleycoin

[Stargeezr]

Do not suggest a cull, can't you see it offends the soi dog protectors, and soi dogs in Thailand, seem to be level with the cows of India.Just hope that you are not the one the dog bites or scratches! Okay..

Geezer.

[Airbagwill]

1 hour ago, stanleycoin said:

But

If all the wild dogs are dead in Thailand

That sounds like a success to me.

An effective cull,   jobs a good,n  

The language you use (wild) and the concept you envisage indicate you have no understanding of the practicalities of a cull. Why not do some research before chipping in completely uninformed? See if you can find places where culls have been attempted......

[PatOngo]

5 minutes ago, Airbagwill said:

The language you use (wild) and the concept you envisage indicate you have no understanding of the practicalities of a cull. Why not do some research before chipping in completely uninformed? See if you can find places where culls have been attempted......

Maybe this could be another first for Thailand! The hub of culling mangy, mongrel dogs!........that bark all night!

Edited March 13, 2018 by PatOngo

[stanleycoin]

2 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

The language you use (wild) and the concept you envisage indicate you have no understanding of the practicalities of a cull. Why not do some research before chipping in completely uninformed? See if you can find places where culls have been attempted......

Ok  if you wish to be pedantic.

Lets just say dog population then, so we can select all the dogs with out owners and kill them all,  sorry Cull them all. 

No research is required. only 100% dead dogs.

 

 

 

[oldlakey]

14 hours ago, Fish Head Soup said:

I was referring to psychological projection theory but never mind.

It needs something rather more immediate, permanent and guaranteed to produce quality results

Edited March 13, 2018 by oldlakey

[Orton Rd]

9 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

UYet again the idea of a "cull" raises its head.

 

anyone who has done a modicum of research will know that CULLS DON"T WORK....... they are not a practical solution to roaming dogs.

the only places they can work are on small islands and then experience in other countries have shown how costly and difficult it is.

 

The only long-term, viable solution to a roaming dog problem is to restrict their access to food both from garbage and by people feeding them.

 

Any other proposal is just pissing in the wind.

culls do work if you kill enough, dead dogs do not spread rabies, as long as you burn the carcass

[oldlakey]

6 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

The language you use (wild) and the concept you envisage indicate you have no understanding of the practicalities of a cull. Why not do some research before chipping in completely uninformed? See if you can find places where culls have been attempted......

Malaysia late 2015 in Northern Peninsular Malaysia 

11,000 + dogs vaccinated

4500+ dogs culled

40+ dogs tested positive for rabies

No human infections

No further rabies cases since 

Took approx two months of culling and vaccinations to arrive at the 3x3 week incubation periods that produced no more cases then the culling stopped

The cull was an unmitigated success, I fully understand the animal rights people  in some areas but human life comes first

Be a responsible pet owner for the good of everybody

 

 

[Airbagwill]

3 hours ago, oldlakey said:

Malaysia late 2015 in Northern Peninsular Malaysia 

11,000 + dogs vaccinated

4500+ dogs culled

40+ dogs tested positive for rabies

No human infections

No further rabies cases since 

Took approx two months of culling and vaccinations to arrive at the 3x3 week incubation periods that produced no more cases then the culling stopped

The cull was an unmitigated success, I fully understand the animal rights people  in some areas but human life comes first

Be a responsible pet owner for the good of everybody

 

 

That is not a cull, is it? Malaysia still has a dog problem.

...and the number rabies cases is not the only .yardstick of a dog problem.

In Thailand killing 4500 dogs is not a cull it is the tip of an iceberg.

Last year saw the first Rabies deaths in Malaysia for 20 years due to the increasing stray dog problem.

The Malaysian state of Sarawak has declared parts of three divisions to be “rabies infectious areas.” Five human rabies cases and almost 800 cases of people being bitten by rabid animals have been reported in Serian, Sri Aman, and Kutching divisions as of July 2017. All five people infected with rabies have died.

Edited March 13, 2018 by Airbagwill

[Airbagwill]

3 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

culls do work if you kill enough, dead dogs do not spread rabies, as long as you burn the carcass

Nonsense, you don't understand that if the environment doesn't change the dog population will recover in months.

And you seem to think this is about rabies alone...it isn't.

[Airbagwill]

There are nearly 9 million dogs in Thailand ...the

3 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

culls do work if you kill enough, dead dogs do not spread rabies, as long as you burn the carcass

The stray population in BKK is estimated at 300,000, and the figure for abandoned dogs is 750,000 plus.

You have to cull all the right dogs at such space that the population can't recover..... 1female dog and her babies can have  more than 67000 puppies in the space of 6 years ....... so work out the rate you have to cull at..it's like painting the Forth bridge......(BTW, what are you going to do with an influx of three quarters of a million dog carcasses?)

However a country that manages waste disposal. feeding and dog ownership will reduce its dog population through natural wastage.

In fact their are areas of Thailand with low dogs populations and they are areas where people don't feed dogs and look after there waste. Dogs won't live there in great numbers because there is not enough food to support them....quite some, really.

[oldlakey]

6 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

That is not a cull, is it? Malaysia still has a dog problem.

...and the number rabies cases is not the only .yardstick of a dog problem.

In Thailand killing 4500 dogs is not a cull it is the tip of an iceberg.

Last year saw the first Rabies deaths in Malaysia for 20 years due to the increasing stray dog problem.

The Malaysian state of Sarawak has declared parts of three divisions to be “rabies infectious areas.” Five human rabies cases and almost 800 cases of people being bitten by rabid animals have been reported in Serian, Sri Aman, and Kutching divisions as of July 2017. All five people infected with rabies have died.

 You would argue black was white would you not

So point by point

Yes my man it was a cull and it achieved what it set out to do, hand in hand with free vaccinations

This thread is only about the rabies problem as regards soi / stray dogs plus cats so please stop the deflection and stay on topic, its quite obvious what other problems stray dogs cause

Malaysia still has a stray dog problem simply because the cull is not on going because of the animal rights lobby, but that particular cull was successful in what it set out to do

You asked for evidence of a country that had undertaken a cull I gave it to you, the number culled was for that country not Thailand, the Thais would need to concentrate their minds somewhat more to remove the threat

As far as Sarawak is concerned no new cases  since June 2017 and the outbreak was declared at an end

It will be two years from  the last case before Malaysia can declare itself a rabies free country again, after losing that status because of the overall slack and irresponsible attitude that Thailand and Indonesia have to their stray dog problem

As you say 5 infections 5 deaths thats usually the outcome for rabies infections  4 of those were children

 

[Airbagwill]

23 minutes ago, oldlakey said:

 You would argue black was white would you not

So point by point

Yes my man it was a cull and it achieved what it set out to do, hand in hand with free vaccinations

This thread is only about the rabies problem as regards soi / stray dogs plus cats so please stop the deflection and stay on topic, its quite obvious what other problems stray dogs cause

Malaysia still has a stray dog problem simply because the cull is not on going because of the animal rights lobby, but that particular cull was successful in what it set out to do

You asked for evidence of a country that had undertaken a cull I gave it to you, the number culled was for that country not Thailand, the Thais would need to concentrate their minds somewhat more to remove the threat

As far as Sarawak is concerned no new cases  since June 2017 and the outbreak was declared at an end

It will be two years from  the last case before Malaysia can declare itself a rabies free country again, after losing that status because of the overall slack and irresponsible attitude that Thailand and Indonesia have to their stray dog problem

As you say 5 infections 5 deaths thats usually the outcome for rabies infections  4 of those were children

 

Let's just get a few things straight...that cull didn't work Malaysia still has a dog problem and Malaysia cannot claim to be rabies free.

You reasons for WHY it didn't work are irrelevant however wild or inaccurate....the cull didn't work....There will be multiprocessing, you can't pick and choose and you can't ignore the science or the reality as laid out above.

PS as of Feb 5th there have been 7 deaths from rabies in Malaysia.

It seems also to have eluded you that there is a vaccination campaign going on there as they realise that a cull won't work.

Edited March 14, 2018 by Airbagwill

[oldlakey]

1 minute ago, Airbagwill said:

Let's just get a few things straight...that cull didn't work Malaysia still has a dog problem and Malaysia cannot claim to be rabies free.

The cull was an unmitigated success as I have already stated as in no deaths plus the end of that outbreak  achieved in very short order

I have already told you why Malaysia continues to have a dog problem in POST 25

The rules for governing when a country can declare itself Rabies Free are well known and accepted, I also pointed that out to you in POST 25

Can you not read simply straight forward English

[metisdead]

Some troll posts and the replies have been removed. 

[oldlakey]

4 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

By your own words you contradict yourself

" I have already told you why Malaysia continues to have a dog problem"

The cull removed ALL the rabid dogs in Northern Malaysia when it took place in 2015

For want of a better phrase the cull stopped the rabies outbreak dead in its tracks

The vaccination programme was designed to protect for the future which it has done up to press

There is no standing orders for a continuous cull  in Malaysia thats why there is and always will be a stray dog problem that should be obvious to everybody

That does not change the fact that the cull was an unmitigated success in the area it was employed in

As a matter of interest when I was a nipper in the UK we had various terms for the removal of loved or otherwise pets, the most popular was put to sleep, then put down or if legal matters were involved then it was destroyed

Destroyed is the perfect description for the action that needs to be undertaken where potentially rabid animals are concerned

Edited March 14, 2018 by oldlakey