Domestic Dog Vaccination to prevent the spread of Rabbis Virus

Approximately 60000 are dying every year due to rabbis in Asian and African countries due to sheer negligence in taking post prophylaxis treatment. Although the urban centers are far better in handling rabbis, rural and remote areas are still facing challenge. Since canine rabies virus  spreads mostly through the domestic dogs, dog vaccination at regular intervals could eliminate rabbis related deaths completely. Modern rabies vaccines produced on cell cultures or embryonated eggs are both safe and efficacious. At present, most of Asian countries have moved towards modernrabies vaccine usage, either through imports or local production. 

In Thailand, discontinuation of sheep brain vaccine (Semple vaccine) production in 1989 and of suckling mouse brain (Fuenzalida) vaccine in 1993, and importation of increasing quantities of modern vaccines have played a major role in the drastic reduction in the number of cases of human rabies in the country. Due to the high cost of modern cell culture rabies vaccines, outdated nerve tissue origin rabies vaccines are still administered to most socioeconomically disadvantaged people who are at an increased risk of exposure. Additionally, most modern cell culture rabies vaccines are imported into developing countries and because many countries impose an extra importation tax to them, the cost of treatment is increased. Read more.............