Rabies rages at Tha Yai Kuan Lang market, temporary epidemic zone declared Go ahead and vaccinate pets | MATICHON ONLINE

Found outbreaks of ‘rabies’ in many areas. Tomorrow, Songkhla Livestock will prepare to vaccinate nearly 3,000 pets and stray dogs.

On December 11, the Songkhla Provincial Livestock Office announced the designation of a temporary epidemic zone according to the Animal Epidemic Act 2015 in the Tha Yai Market area, Village No. 3, Kuan Lang Subdistrict, Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province, from December 7, 2023 – January 5, 2024. Due to the discovery of an outbreak of rabies in stray dogs at Tha Yai Market, Village No. 3, Kuan Lang Subdistrict, after stray dogs were found sick with rabies, there were 2 groups, totaling 15 dogs.

Mr. Phinit Sawatdiraksa, Songkhla Provincial Livestock, said that after declaring a temporary epidemic zone in Khuan Lang Subdistrict, he is preparing to lay out rabies vaccinations in a radius of 5 kilometers (from Khuan Lang Subdistrict) in coordination with Livestock District 9. Local administrative organizations, including Khuan Lang Subdistrict, Thung Tam Sao Subdistrict, Chalung Subdistrict, Hat Yai District, and Tha Chang Subdistrict, Hat Yai District, joined in vaccinating 2,109 owned dogs and cats and 345 stray dogs. Let’s cover it all tomorrow. As for the stray dogs If they cannot be caught and inoculated, they must be given anesthesia to prevent the spread of rabies.

Currently, Songkhla Province has sent a number of “suspected dog heads” to be tested for infection at a laboratory to confirm the results. Most of which were found to have rabies germs. causing it to be seen that there was a large outbreak in the area In the past, there has been a continuous campaign to encourage people to get their pets vaccinated to prevent rabies. But those found to be infected were stray dogs. with some people providing food regularly

However, this year there have been no cases of rabies infection found. The Songkhla Provincial Public Health Office campaigns for people to be aware and vaccinate against rabies in the event of being scratched or bitten. If infected with rabies, every person dies.