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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 MANGE— 1911 



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RABIES 



Rabies has been more prevalent than in former years. It was re- 

 ported from fifty- two counties. A correct diagnosis is seldom made 

 by laymen, yet a veterinarian usually recognizes it. There is no 

 known disease with more characteristic symptoms, runs a more uni- 

 form course or results in death more surely than is seen in rabies, 

 yet a positive diagnosis can be made only by a laboratory examina- 

 tion. Too much time should not be lost, however, in waiting for the 

 laboratory examination in cases where a human being has been bitten 

 and the animal that inflicted the bite was seen by an experienced 

 person and rabies diagnosed or suspected by him. 



As in all other contagious or infectious diseases the law requires 

 that rabies should be reported to the Board. When rabies are reported 

 an investigation is made promptly. Animals that have been bitten 

 by a rabid dog are placed in quarantine usually for one hundred 

 days. This is known as an Individual Quarantine. Two thousand four 

 hundred and seventy-four such quarantines were enforced during the 

 year. If a large number of animals have been bitten by a rabid dog, 

 or where several cases have been observed in the same locality a Gen- 

 eral Quarantine may be placed on the territory for one hundred days 

 and renewed if necessary. Such quarantines are placed usually only 

 upon request from local Boards of Health, or on petitions signed by 

 the leading citizens of the community. Twenty-five general quaran- 

 tines were maintained during the year. In case of a general quar- 

 antine no dogs within its boundary are allowed to run loose without 

 .a muzzle, which must be sufficiently large, strong and applied in such 

 ;a way that the animal wearing it cannot inflict a bite to man or other 

 animals. Dogs that are found running at large with no muzzle may 

 be confiscated, shot or killed by any citizen. The local Board of 

 Health, Humane Society, or anybody may enforce the quarantine. 

 The Board in most cases has taken full charge of all such quaran- 

 tines. Its agents destroyed two thousand six hundred and four dogs 

 cjljiring the year. Forty-six pe.i:.s/)ns were reported as having been 



