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Originally posted by 67NOV:
Attention everyone!!!
A dog brought into New Jersey(Newark Liberty Airport) with 23 other dogs & 2 cats was diagnosed with rabies. Outward symptons showed 3 days after arrival. Animals were imported through "Operation Baghdad Pup". There are no known bites or exposures. Tissues sammples taken after being euthanized tested positive for rabies. Dogs from this shipment went to 16 different states.

This will probably be in tomorow's papers or tonight's news.

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Originally posted by hooah71:

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Originally posted by 67NOV:
Attention everyone!!!
A dog brought into New Jersey(Newark Liberty Airport) with 23 other dogs & 2 cats was diagnosed with rabies. Outward symptons showed 3 days after arrival. Animals were imported through "Operation Baghdad Pup". There are no known bites or exposures. Tissues sammples taken after being euthanized tested positive for rabies. Dogs from this shipment went to 16 different states.

This will probably be in tomorow's papers or tonight's news.

You work at the Airport 67?

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Originally posted by SignalSgtWilliams:
Good to see our quarrantin laws are working. That's why we have them.

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Originally posted by Squizzer:

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Originally posted by SignalSgtWilliams:
Good to see our quarrantin laws are working. That's why we have them.

Agreed.
Is there a rabies problem in the US?

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Originally posted by 67NOV:

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Originally posted by Squizzer:

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Originally posted by SignalSgtWilliams:
Good to see our quarrantin laws are working. That's why we have them.

Agreed.
Is there a rabies problem in the US?

Rabies can be found in a good chunk of the country. Try googling CDC, they have a breakdown of cases across the US.
BTW, the animals that came over should have been held for 30 days prior to being sent to the various states. Now all the health department s affected will have to an extensive search to verify that there have been no known exposures.

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Originally posted by 67NOV:

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Originally posted by hooah71:

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Originally posted by 67NOV:
Attention everyone!!!
A dog brought into New Jersey(Newark Liberty Airport) with 23 other dogs & 2 cats was diagnosed with rabies. Outward symptons showed 3 days after arrival. Animals were imported through "Operation Baghdad Pup". There are no known bites or exposures. Tissues sammples taken after being euthanized tested positive for rabies. Dogs from this shipment went to 16 different states.

This will probably be in tomorow's papers or tonight's news.

You work at the Airport 67?

I work for a health department, we just received notice a short time ago.

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Originally posted by Squizzer:

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Originally posted by 67NOV:

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Originally posted by Squizzer:

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Originally posted by SignalSgtWilliams:
Good to see our quarrantin laws are working. That's why we have them.

Agreed.
Is there a rabies problem in the US?

Rabies can be found in a good chunk of the country. Try googling CDC, they have a breakdown of cases across the US.
BTW, the animals that came over should have been held for 30 days prior to being sent to the various states. Now all the health department s affected will have to an extensive search to verify that there have been no known exposures.

Cheers. Live and learn.
We're lucky here, we had some pretty draconian laws about importing animals in the UK. Dogs and cats were held for six months in quarantine before being allowed into the country. So far, touch wood, we have kept it from our wild and domestic animal population.

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Originally posted by SUNLINER81:
Is there a new article link to this?
I'd kinda like to see it, before a panic sets in...
Respectfully, SUNLINER81

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Originally posted by Squizzer:

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Originally posted by 67NOV:

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Originally posted by Squizzer:

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Originally posted by SignalSgtWilliams:
Good to see our quarrantin laws are working. That's why we have them.

Agreed.
Is there a rabies problem in the US?

Rabies can be found in a good chunk of the country. Try googling CDC, they have a breakdown of cases across the US.
BTW, the animals that came over should have been held for 30 days prior to being sent to the various states. Now all the health department s affected will have to an extensive search to verify that there have been no known exposures.

Cheers. Live and learn.
We're lucky here, we had some pretty draconian laws about importing animals in the UK. Dogs and cats were held for six months in quarantine before being allowed into the country. So far, touch wood, we have kept it from our wild and domestic animal population.

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Originally posted by 67NOV:


Yep, Ireland is the same way. My wife is from there, when you go into Shannon Airport you see quite a few signs about animals brought into the country.

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Originally posted by popsiq:
Considering that rabies is widespread in Iraq, and nobody is into taking Rover to the vet for his shots, these days at least, it's surprising that more Iraqi pets aren't being rotated home with the disease. I guess miltary personnel getting rabies shots isn't a big news item, but somebody must be getting bitten sometime. Bringing orphan animals out of a war zone may be humane, but it doesn't seem particularly bright.

There was a heartbleeder last year about a Marine bringing his fuzzy little Iraqi pal home with him. It didn't mention any quarantine period in the story so I wondered about the possibility of rabies in a post.

To be really safe a 30 day minimum quarantine is a must - 60 is even better.

Bringing a sick animal into the house - they might have other diseases as well, TB is a good one - usually means trouble for all in the family.

Why don't American bring back some loused-up Iraqi kids, and their families?

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Originally posted by 67NOV:
Dawn, problem being is that these animals' vaccine status is unknown. The animals have gone through quite a few people from Iraq to Jersey to 15 other states. Though there may be slight variations in the strain of rabies, the main difference is the animal most inclined to carry the disease based on the area you live in. Texas has more of a problem with coyotes being the main vector. Southeast US, it's skunks. Here in Jersey it's raccoons. The disease still goes form mammal to mammal(people).

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Originally posted by armywifefigueroa:

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Originally posted by 67NOV:
Dawn, problem being is that these animals' vaccine status is unknown. The animals have gone through quite a few people from Iraq to Jersey to 15 other states. Though there may be slight variations in the strain of rabies, the main difference is the animal most inclined to carry the disease based on the area you live in. Texas has more of a problem with coyotes being the main vector. Southeast US, it's skunks. Here in Jersey it's raccoons. The disease still goes form mammal to mammal(people).

Oh I totally understand... they've alerted most of the vet clinics around here about it and have the shelters on watch as well.

Matt, have you heard anything about why the animals weren't quarantined for the proper amount of time or did the symptoms show up outside of quarantine?

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Originally posted by 67NOV:

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Originally posted by armywifefigueroa:

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Originally posted by 67NOV:
Dawn, problem being is that these animals' vaccine status is unknown. The animals have gone through quite a few people from Iraq to Jersey to 15 other states. Though there may be slight variations in the strain of rabies, the main difference is the animal most inclined to carry the disease based on the area you live in. Texas has more of a problem with coyotes being the main vector. Southeast US, it's skunks. Here in Jersey it's raccoons. The disease still goes form mammal to mammal(people).

Oh I totally understand... they've alerted most of the vet clinics around here about it and have the shelters on watch as well.

Matt, have you heard anything about why the animals weren't quarantined for the proper amount of time or did the symptoms show up outside of quarantine?

The symptoms started 3 days after arriving here in the US. As far as the quarantine goes, someone screwed up. The Center for Disease Control has a form which people importing animals into the US have to fill out & sign. The problem being is that there is no real teeth( ) behind what folks are signing for, it is a bit of an honor system. The form calls for the responsible person to quaratine the animal for 30 days, after which they have to vaccinate against rabies(they should have received a shot before departure, this one they get here is a booster). They realy shouldn't have left New Jersey till somewhere in mid-July.