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Vietnamese called on to quit eating dog meat amid rabies outbreak
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 04:35:00
The demand for dog meat has prompted concern over rabies, as more than a hundred people in northern Vietnam have been bitten by infected dogs in the past two months.
Authorities in an outlying Hanoi district have set up special taskforces to hunt and catch and kill stray dogs after at least 117 people were bitten by those infected with rabies...
...Following increasing reports of dogs with rabies in Soc Son District over the past several months, experts have called for improving vaccination coverage, controlling the illegal dog trade and gradually banning the trade of dogs for meat to eliminate the transmission of rabies to humans...
Vietnamese called on to quit eating dog meat amid rabies outbreak
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 04:35:00
The demand for dog meat has prompted concern over rabies, as more than a hundred people in northern Vietnam have been bitten by infected dogs in the past two months.
Authorities in an outlying Hanoi district have set up special taskforces to hunt and catch and kill stray dogs after at least 117 people were bitten by those infected with rabies...
...Following increasing reports of dogs with rabies in Soc Son District over the past several months, experts have called for improving vaccination coverage, controlling the illegal dog trade and gradually banning the trade of dogs for meat to eliminate the transmission of rabies to humans...