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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1994

THE

ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION DRIVE IN FISHING PORTS

AGRICULTURE

AND

LAUNCH A

NEXT TWO

WILL FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HALF-YEARLY DOG INOCULATION DRIVE IN FISHING PORTS OVER THE WEEKS SO THAT FISHERMEN CAN HAVE THEIR DOGS IMMUNISED AGAINST RABIES.

STARTING FROM MONDAY (AUGUST 15)

(AUGUST 15), THE DEPARTMENT'S INOCULATION TEAMS WILL GO TO THE TERRITORY'S SEVEN FISHING AFTER THE OTHER AND MAKE BOAT-TO-BOAT VISITS BETWEEN 10 AM DAILY. THE WHOLE OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL AUGUST

MOBILE DOG

PORTS

ONE

AND 4 26.

PM

THEY WILL VISIT THE FISHING PORTS IN SHA TAU KOK ON AUGUST IN SAM MUN CHAI ON AUGUST 16 AND 17; CASTLE PEAK BAY ON AUGUST 18 23 AND 19; ABERDEEN ON AUGUST 19 AND 22; SHAU KEI WAN ON AUGUST AS WELL AS CHEUNG CHAU AND SAI KUNG ON AUGUST 25 AND 26.

15;

AND

24;

TO HELP

THE DRIVE, A REGULAR EXERCISE SINCE 1980, IS INTENDED

TO AN INOCULATION FISHERMEN WHO FIND LITTLE TIME TO TAKE THEIR DOGS CENTRE OR A GOVERNMENT KENNEL FOR INOCULATION.

THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER, DR K TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE DRIVE WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE OUTBREAK OF RABIES IN HONG KONG.

K

LIU,

SAID

CONTINUING

"THE TERRITORY REGAINED THE RABIES-FREE AREA STATUS ON JULY 10, ANY INDIGENOUS 1989 BY HAVING SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED THE OUTBREAK OF RABIES CASE SINCE JULY 10, 1987,' HE SAID.

NEVERTHLESS, HE STRESSED

|

DEADLY DISEASE VESSELS ARE OTHER

THAT RABIES WAS A

FISHING DOGS ON TRANSMISSIBLE FROM ANIMALS TO HUMAN. PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF THEIR POSSIBLE CONTACTS WITH ANIMALS OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

"IT

IS,

THEREFORE,

IMPORTANT

THAT

·

ARE

DOGS FISHERMEN'S

KEEP UP INOCULATED AGAINST THE DISEASE AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS TO THEIR IMMUNITY," DR LIU ADDED.

HE CALLED ON FISHERMEN WHO OWN DOGS TO MAKE SPECIAL INOCULATION SERVICE.

FULL USE OF

THE

UNDER THE RABIES ORDINANCE, ALL DOGS OVER FIVE MONTHS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED AND INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES. FAILURE SO WILL RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000.

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