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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1185162" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>"Why can I buy every vaccine I need to give my animals except rabies? Just wondered why I have to carry my dogs to the vet once a year for a rabies vaccine when I am able to purchase their distemper, hepatitis and parvo? I'm not complaining just wondered if there was a reason."</p><p></p><p>B&M,</p><p>It's because it's a human public health issue. Rabies can - and does, on occasion - infect humans. And, as stated earlier, from that public health standpoint, the reason we vaccinate domestic animals is not so much to 'protect' them, but to put them out there as a 'barrier' between wildlife and the human population.</p><p></p><p>Sure, you can buy DHLP vaccines at the local farm store, or online, and give them to your pet. But if they've been mishandled before you get 'em, or you ride them around on the dashboard of the truck for a week or two before you give them, or you accidentally push the needle all the way through the skin and squirt it out on the ground, nobody's gonna die.</p><p>Public health regulations in most states require that Rabies vaccination be administered by or under the supervision of a veterinarian, with the idea that as a trained health professional, they will make certain that the vaccine has been properly stored/handled and will be administered correctly - thus protecting the public. </p><p>In some states, you can buy and administer Rabies vaccine - but it will not be regarded as an 'official' vaccination; if that animal bites someone, it will be regarded by the public health folks as an unvaccinated animal, and be subject to whatever requirements for quarantine/testing they mandate for unvaccinated critters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1185162, member: 12607"] "Why can I buy every vaccine I need to give my animals except rabies? Just wondered why I have to carry my dogs to the vet once a year for a rabies vaccine when I am able to purchase their distemper, hepatitis and parvo? I'm not complaining just wondered if there was a reason." B&M, It's because it's a human public health issue. Rabies can - and does, on occasion - infect humans. And, as stated earlier, from that public health standpoint, the reason we vaccinate domestic animals is not so much to 'protect' them, but to put them out there as a 'barrier' between wildlife and the human population. Sure, you can buy DHLP vaccines at the local farm store, or online, and give them to your pet. But if they've been mishandled before you get 'em, or you ride them around on the dashboard of the truck for a week or two before you give them, or you accidentally push the needle all the way through the skin and squirt it out on the ground, nobody's gonna die. Public health regulations in most states require that Rabies vaccination be administered by or under the supervision of a veterinarian, with the idea that as a trained health professional, they will make certain that the vaccine has been properly stored/handled and will be administered correctly - thus protecting the public. In some states, you can buy and administer Rabies vaccine - but it will not be regarded as an 'official' vaccination; if that animal bites someone, it will be regarded by the public health folks as an unvaccinated animal, and be subject to whatever requirements for quarantine/testing they mandate for unvaccinated critters. [/QUOTE]
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