Pet Exposure
Pet Exposure
- If your pet has been bitten or attacked by a wild animal, contact Animal Control to collect the animal for rabies testing.
- The animal will be sent to the State Rabies Testing Lab.
- All results will be released to you by a Health Department Sanitarian
- If your pet is vaccinated and the animal is negative for the rabies virus, no further action is required.
- If the biting animal is positive for rabies, the Sanitarian calling with the results will advise you what course of action will be required:
- If your pet has a current rabies vaccination, it will need a booster shot and will undergo a 45-day restrain (if your pet is in public it must be on a leash and be kept in your private yard).
- If your pet is not vaccinated, it will need to get a rabies vaccination shot and undergo a 6-month double barrier quarantine that is overseen by the Health Department and Animal Control.
- Each case is evaluated to determine what actions are needed.
- If your pet is required to have shots, proof of the shots must be submitted to the Health Department by mail, in person or by fax at (301) 600-3180.
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