A due date is not an expiry date. Even before a due date, antibodies will start to decline. A due date is therefore scheduled to re-immunize your pet (known as “booster shot”) to increase the number of antibodies to optimum protection level. Protection is still present after a due date,…
A myth and a fact. A rabies vaccine protects. It does not treat. Rabies vaccines protect by stimulating pets to produce antibodies. Antibodies are special cells that stop rabies viruses from gaining residence in the body. When a dog is already rabid, immunization is late and ineffective. ... return to…
A myth. The effect of rabies is not limited by age. When one’s pet gets the virus, behavior may be that of a typical violent rascal, and sometimes that of a depressed loner. There are actually three types of development rabid dogs undergo. The first is called the PRODROMAL PHASE.…
Not all biting dogs are rabid. A healthy dog bites for a reason while a rabid dog bites for no reason at all. A dog normally bites if it get hurts (e.g. stepped on the tail). Puppies commonly do play bites. But for rabid dogs, they have this urge of…