Vaccination can protect against rabies Vaccination is one of the most effective ways of protecting your pet from various contagious animal diseases. And in the case of rabies, when you protect your pet, you also protect yourself. Rabies is a virus-caused disease that can affect any warm-blooded animal, in cluding man. The disease is generally transmitted when virus m the saliva of an infected animal enters a bite or other open wound. The vims has an affinity for nerve tissue and travels through the body toward the brain and spinal cord. Rabies in man or animals can be prevented by vac cination. However, once symptoms develop, the disease is generally fatal. The man or woman bitten by a rabid animal must risk a senes of injections in a race to develop immunity before the disease symptoms become obvious. Some pet owners have the mistaken impression that cats do not need rabies *' ' . ! . r ' Developed for Eastern Pork Producersthe... 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While out of doors, the cat can be bitten by a rabid skunk, fox or bat. These seemingly wild animals are not uncommon in suburban areas. Even a brief visit outside may be long enough for such an encounter. Records show about the same number of feline and canme rabies cases reported each year. When an animal is severely bitten on the head or body, and the virus reaches the spinal cord rapidly, symptoms may develop within 2 to 12 weeks. When the infection enters through a minor cut on paw or leg, as many as 9 to 12 months may pass before signs become obvious. Not all pets react in the same fashion to rabies in fection. With “furious” rabies, animals become alert and aggressive. Cats that are normally gentle and shy will attack family members and strangers, clawmg and biting. They lose all caution and fear of natural enemies. Kittens may seem friendly, but will bite viciously even during gentle play. The classic case of animals “foaming at the mouth” occurs when the muscles of the throat become paralyzed and the animal cannot swallow. Saliva will then drip from the jaws. As the disease progresses, the animal may experience convulsions, go mto a coma and finally die. Some animals may develop a type of “dumb” rabies. Pets that are nor mally affectionate and outgoing become withdrawn and sullen. Those usually somewhat aloof may be unusually affectionate. Animals with the dumb variety of rabies also develop a paralysis of the throat muscles and appear to have a foreign body lodged m the throat. producers 1,800 litters a year has taught Agway a lot about feeding pigs Call your Agway store or Representative, they re ready to put this knowledge to work for you Lowell Sensenig Mohnton RD 2 Pa has a fattening operation marketing 900 to 1 000 head a year Why does he like Agway 7 They ve got feeds that perform a program that works and a serviceman whos here when I need him (His serviceman is Dick Myers at right of Henry Hoover Agway Ephrata Pa ) Mr Sensenig takes his pigs from 8 weeks old (about 50 lbs) to market weight in four months with a conversion rate of 3 1 to 3 2 Unknowing pet owners may attempt to administer medicine or examine a pet’s mouth and throat for a hidden bone fragment. Fortunately, animals with dumb rabies are not vicious and rarely attempt to bite. If your pet’s behavior changes, isolate it from other animals and people if possible. Call your veterinarian so that the animal can be tested for rabies. If the animal bites a human being, call a physician at once. Pet owners can control the incidence of rabies by reducing the number of unvaccinated pets in the area. There are excellent vaccines available to protect both cats and dogs against the disease. Dogs may receive up to three years’ protection with one injection; cats must be vaccinated annually. 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