From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-07-13 07:01:36 UTC
Subject: RE: Bite!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3901369.1121238096932.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Since your babies are vaccinated you will find that most states follow the Compendium guidelines, but Dr. Sue is very right about asking up front. The harshest is California (where the legality issue also comes into play). I think if I wound up with such a situation and was in that particular state I be tempted to try an alternative explanation (not giving advice by saying that, just saying adult to adult what would tempt me), but of course what i would actually do I can't know without being in that position.
If you need it (and not all physicians are as informed as they should be) here is the URL for the 2005 Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control to help you:
This is the NEW LOCATION of the Compendium:
http://www.avma.org/pubhlth/rabies_compendium_2005.pdf
Now that they have recently put up the 2005 one the old site doesn't
work.
Remember that the states each have their own variations on how and
how much they observe the Compendium recommendations.
and here is a CDC site also to help:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabies/Ques&Ans/q&a.htm
Best of luck to you!