AR-News: (China) 170,000 dogs killed due to rabies rise

[Mary Finelli]

from Brakke Consulting's Animal Health News & Notes
December 12, 2003


Authorities in southern China's Guangdong province have euthanized 170,000 
dogs following a rise in rabies infections in several cities.  The number of 
rabies infections in Guangdong jumped from 12 cases in 1996 to 115 cases 
through August of 2003.  The province's departments of health, agriculture, 
public security and industry and commerce ordered that all unregistered or 
unvaccinated dogs in areas reporting rabies must be killed.  (AnimalNet - 
Agence France Presse)

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