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"No rabies and microchip" is the slogan of the campaign of vaccination against rabies that the Councillor for Health, Mariola Guevara, accompanied by Angel Roa, head of the Veterinary Center Alhama, presented this morning for vaccination against rabies in dogs, cats and ferrets.
The objectives of the campaign are:
Increase preventive measures to control rabies.
Rabies vaccination all dogs, cats and residents in the municipality of Alhama de Murcia ferrets.
Diagnose and control other diseases, including hydatid disease and leishmaniasis.
Raise awareness about their indispensable cooperation in the control of these diseases.
Report other measures that affect dogs such as the obligation to install them the microchip, the to avoid the abandonment of excrement in the street and be licensed if the animal is potentially dangerous.
The period runs from 1 July to 31 August 2016 and can be done at veterinary clinics Alhama, on the dates and times established in the enclosed brochure.
During the campaign, the price of vaccination will be 22 euros, 25 euros the rest of the year.
Similarly, if during the campaign implanted with vaccination identification chip, which costs 38 euros, the price of vaccination with the identification chip will be 55 euros, assuming a saving of 8 euros.
The campaign is compulsory for dogs and ferrets from three and a half months old and for cats from five months of age.
What is rabies?
Rabies, also known as hydrophobicity because horror produces water, is produced by the virus infection rod shaped infecting the central nervous system and produces acute encephalitis.
Attacks mammals, both wild and domestic, including humans.
In natural areas the bat is the main vector of rabies, while in urban areas it is the dog.
The best way to prevent the spread of this disease is vaccination of these animals.
Since June 2013 it is officially declared rabies in Spain and in other countries of the European Union.
The last officially recognized event took place that year in Toledo.
The animals vaccinated for the first time will be given an official health card.
If vaccination is the second or later the pet owner should be provided with the relevant health card.
Animals satisfying the minimum age for vaccination after the end of the campaign may go to any of those clinics, without penalty, to proceed to it.
From the date of completion of the campaign all dogs whose owners do not have health vaccination card or the microchip may be picked up as vagrants.
Of course, they can not drive on public roads if they are not covered by the health card duly completed.
No vaccination or non-performing compulsory treatment is considered a serious offense and can be punished with a fine of between 300 and 2,400 euros.
However, vaccination clinics costs in Alhama 22 euros if done during the months of July and August and 25 if done during the rest of the year.
Microchipping
The identification of dogs must be conducted by implanting a microchip, which is usually placed on the left side of the animal's neck, next to the ear.
This microchip contains a code that identifies the animal and its owner.
The time of vaccination may be the most appropriate to implement this system identification.
It is compulsory from the third month of life after a month after purchase (as long as the animal has already served three months old).
The identification of the animal is not a minor offense and can be punished with a fine of between 30 and 300 euros.
Out campaign cost microchipping clinics in Alhama 38 euros and 25 rabies vaccination, a total of € 63.
If the microchip at the same time gets the vaccine clinics charge a special price of 55 euros is implanted during this campaign.
Saving is 8 €.
Locating a dog
This is one of the advantages of microchip: locate the owner of an abandoned or lost or who can locate a missing dog.
The local police or the company dedicated to the collection of abandoned or lost dogs identify the animal through its microchip code and perform their search dogs census Alhama de Murcia.
So also it located its owner.
Dog poop
The legislation requires the owner of a dog to withdraw its excreta public.
It is a hygienic-health issue of vital importance, not only for aesthetic reasons or fall hazards or dirt for other passersby, but also because feces are home to numerous pathogenic microorganisms.
Since the legislation prohibits the movement of a dog on public roads without belt or chain without being subject by its owner or holder, you can not release the dog house to perform their physiological needs without control anywhere.
The removal of feces deposited in the street a dog does not cost any money to its owner.
However the penalty for not withdraw ranges between 301 and 750 euros.
Therefore, collect dog poop is like picking 300 euros.
Dangerous animal
Various breeds and sizes of dogs are classified as potentially dangerous.
Who owns a dog with these characteristics must necessarily possess the so-called Municipal License Tenure Potentially Dangerous Animals.
It is requested at City Hall and must be presented to obtain various documents, including a certificate of criminal, who handles the City Council, and liability insurance.
By granting the license the City charges 35 euros.
The fine for not having ranges between 2,404 and 15,025 euros.
Normative
Tenure pets, that is, everything that has to do with the purchase of an animal identification, their vaccinations, driving on public spaces, etc .: Regional Law 10/1990, Protection of Animals Company, state Law 50/1999 on the Legal Regime of the Possession of Potentially Dangerous Animals, royal decrees 287/2002 and 1,570 / 2007, which develops the Law, and Municipal Ordinance on Protection and Animal Holding Company, 1998 , as amended in 2002.
Removal of feces public roads, the Municipal street cleaning and Municipal Waste Management, 2012.
These standards are available to whoever wishes to consult the Department of Health of the City of Alhama.
Source: villadealhama.es
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