SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1991
SPECIAL ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION DRIVE IN FISHING PORTS
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL SHORTLY LAUNCH SPECIAL DOG INOCULATION DRIVE IN FISHING PORTS SO THAT FISHERMEN HAVE THEIR DOGS IMMUNISED AGAINST RABIES.
A CAN
THE DRIVE, A REGULAR EXERCISE LAUNCHED SINCE 1980, IS SPECIALLY BE COMING TIMED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF FISHERMEN, MOST OF WHOM WILL BACK FROM SEA IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
DEPARTMENT'S
DOG
ONE
MOBILE THE JANUARY 21, STARTING FROM INOCULATION TEAMS WILL GO TO THE TERRITORY'S SEVEN FISHING PORTS
4 PM AFTER THE OTHER AND MADE BOAT-TO-BOAT VISITS BETWEEN 10 AM TO
WORKING DAYS UNTIL DAILY. THE WHOLE OPERATION WILL LAST FOR NINE JANUARY 31.
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THEY WILL VISIT THE FISHING PORTS IN ABERDEEN ON JANUARY 21 AND AND CHEUNG CHAU ON JANUARY 23 AND 24; SAM MUN TSAI ON JANUARY 25 26; SHAU KEI WAN AND SHA TAU KOK ON JANUARY 28 AND 29; AND CASTLE PRAK BAY AND SAI KUNG ON JANUARY 30 AND 31.
THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTING SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER (HEALTH),
PART OF DRIVE IS K.K. LIU, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE OUTBREAK OF RABIES HONG KONG.
"THE TERRITORY REGAINED THE RABIES-FREE AREA STATUS 1989 BY HAVING SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED THE OUTBREAK OF ANY RABIES CASE IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS," HE NOTED.
STRESSED
DR
THE
IN
IN JULY INDIGENOUS
A DEADLY DISEASE THAT RABIES IS HE NEVERTHELESS,
FISHING DOGS ON
VESSELS ARE TRANSMISSIBLE FROM ANIMALS TO HUMAN.
OTHER PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF THEIR POSSIBLE CONTACTS WITH ANIMALS OUTSIDE HONG KONG,
"IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT FISHERMEN'S DOGS ARE INOCULATED ΤΟ KEEP UP THEIR AGAINST THE DISEASE AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS IMMUNITY," DR LIU ADDED.
HE URGED FISHERMEN WHO OWN DOGS TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE SPECIAL INOCULATION SERVICE.
"A TOTAL OF 260 DOGS OWNED BY FISHERMEN SIMILAR ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION DRIVES LAST YEAR,
WERE INOCULATED IN
HE SAID.
FIVE MONTHS RABIES. FINE OF
UNDER THE DOGS AND CATS ORDINANCE, ALL DOGS OVER
AND INOCULATED AGAINST OLD ARE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED FAILURE ΤΟ DO SO WILL RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM $5,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
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