20 " Herald & Lantern 17 October '84

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Cape May County Health Department News By LOUIS J. LAMANNA, Public Health Coordinator

This week I want to bring to your attention a public health problem that has become a matter of increasing concern in the Northeastern section of the United States. The problem is rabies. Rabies is a preventable disease spread to humans by contact with an infected dog, cat, bat or other warm-blooded animal. Rabies is caused by a virus which is carried in the saliva of the infected animal and goes into the bitten person, causing serious illness. When the skin is broken by a bite, the rabies virus travels up nerve trunks towards the spinal cord and finally to the brain. THE SYMPTOMS of rabies have an uncertain „ incubation period ranging from two weeks or less to many months. Usually there is a change in normal behavior. Animals that previously had been tame and friendly become aggressive; timid animals become bold. In some cases animals then enter a "furious" stage tending to snap and bite constantly. Later they sometimes pass into the pralytic or numb form. Death always follows quickly. There is, however, no sure and <"asy way to recognize a rabid animal. Only expert laboratory technicians can make the final test diagnosis. Pets, which usually pick up rabies from contact with wild animals (most commonly raccoons, skunks, and bats) are responsible for more than 60 percent of human exposure to the

disease. The National Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta estimate that on- _ ly 30 percent of the nations dogs, and 4 percent of the cats have had rabies vaccinations and that many of those vaccinations may not be up to date. IN NEW JERSEY, all dogs must be properly licensed and proof of rabies ^Vaccinations is mandatory for "that licensing. Further. New Jersey has had for many years a strong seizure and im poundment law for animals suspected of being rabid. To protect your pets, yourself and your family against rabies you should be sure to do the following :

. 1. Have "your dog vaccinated. Since cat rabies now exceed those annually reported in dogs, I would recommend that you have your cats vaccinated also. In Cape May County, eachmunicipality has' an annual rabies and vaccination clinic. 2. MAKE SURE .your dog is licensed and observe local dog control regulations. 3. Protect your dog from contact with stray dogs and other animals. Do not allow your dog to run loose. 4 If vnur animals are your

sick, seek the advice of L your veterinarian. 5. Handling stray " animals is dangerous; report stray dqgs to local health authorities. 6. In case of a bite or scratch, wash the wound with warm, soapy water / and see your doctor at ^ once. 7. Confine a biting dog or cat for 10 days under the observation of a veterinarian. Never kill a dog or cat that can be safely captured alive. A biting wild animal should be killed immediately. In any event, do not destroy the a head - notify local police or f health Authorities. \ 8. THE HEAD of a dog. L cat or other animal which " dies within 10 days after 4 biting a person, the whole , bat which bites a person, r the head of any other wild L /animal which is killed after E ' biting a person should be submitted to the State Department of Health Laboratory for examination. 9. Every known direct contact with a bat, whether or not a bite has occurred, should be immediately "1 telephoned in to this department. This is an emergency situation. If the bat has been recovered, it must be delivered to the state rabies laboratory at once. Provocation is not an issue where bats are concerned. All possible exposures require an evalua-

tion by a department representative. SINCE RABID bats have been reported from every state except Hawaii and have caused human rabies infections in the United States, reasonable measures should be taken to avoid contact with them. Bats should be eliminated from houses and surrounding structures to prevent direct association with people. Such structures should than be made bat-proof by sealing routes of entrance with screen or other means. Finally, do not keep wild * animals as pets. Most cannot be immunized against

rabies. For more information regarding the Rabies Control Program, contact the Cape May County Health Department: 466-3181, ext. #221

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