A Michael Broad Blog
A considered approach should be taken by a person who has been bitten by a cat or any other animal when getting a post-bite rabies shot – what the medical profession call: Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis (RPEP). Prophylaxis means: treatment! This page concerns the USA. I was prompted to write this because the press quite …
I would like to keep the threat of getting rabies from cats in perspective. The problem with rabies is that people are frightened of it. They should be because it can be a fatal disease. Rabies does have a very bad image in the world. It kills tens of thousands of people in the …
This is madness. It makes me mad. This woman apparently took in this stray cat, a tabby and white. She called him “Buddy”. She decided that Buddy wanted to attack her dog so she kicked snow at the cat – you can see it the video. This provoked and wound up Buddy who, unsurprisingly, …
An abuse by Eastern European Countries within the European Union of the Pet Travel Scheme has resulted in an increased risk of the importation of rabies into the UK. The UK is considered rabies free. It has been since 1902! There have been some outbreaks since then but in general the people and vets …
This is a little bit of world cat news, which I find fascinating. The location is Uganda. For people unsure where this African country is, the map below will help – it is just west (to the left) of Kenya: View Larger Map It took one male Ugandan veterinarian (“a tall, strong looking man” described …
If a cat has rabies blame people, not the cat. In the USA, people who like to criticize domestic, stray and feral cats often raise the topic of rabies. They say all domestic cats should be kept inside and all stray and feral cats should be exterminated. In support of their argument they say …
Dog Meat on the Table and Cat Meat in the Cage – Vietnam – by `◄ccdoh1► Feline rabies may be the savior of the feral cat in Asia at least in respect of the cat meat and fur market, although I doubt it. There will still be cat fur produced under hideous circumstances in …
