The precautions for rabies vaccination for dogs mainly include precautions before vaccination and precautions after vaccination. First of all, you need to pay attention to the dog's age and health status before vaccinating against rabies. Usually, the rabies vaccine can be given when the dog is over 3 months old and in a completely healthy state. Secondly, after receiving the rabies vaccine, you need to observe the dog in the pet hospital for about 20 minutes. The dog can leave if there is no abnormality, and do not take a bath for a week before and after the vaccination.
1. Precautions before getting rabies vaccine
1. The dog’s body can withstand the rabies vaccine when it is three months old. Young dogs can start receiving vaccines against infectious diseases when they are two months old and have no physical abnormalities. A total of three shots will be given, with an interval of 21 days between each shot. After the third shot, the vaccine will be given one week apart. rabies vaccine. Adult dogs need to be vaccinated against infectious diseases and rabies every year, one week apart.
2. Before vaccinating your dog with rabies vaccine, you need to ensure that your dog is in a completely healthy state. If your dog has diarrhea, vomiting, loss of appetite, listlessness, runny nose, sneezing, fever, etc. , then the vaccine cannot be given and you need to wait until the dog returns to a healthy state before injecting the rabies vaccine.
3. Dogs should not take a bath 5-7 days before vaccination, and keep warm to avoid diseases caused by reduced resistance. If the dog has been bathed, it needs to be observed for seven days before vaccination.
2. Precautions after receiving rabies vaccine
1. Since some dogs will have allergic reactions to rabies vaccine, after the dog is vaccinated with rabies vaccine, the owner needs to first Observe for 20 minutes before leaving the hospital.
2. The dog’s resistance will be reduced after being vaccinated. Therefore, the dog cannot be bathed for 7 days before and after the rabies vaccine. Otherwise, the dog’s resistance may be reduced, thereby affecting the immune effect. .
3. When the vaccine is not fully vaccinated, do not take your dog out to play, especially in contact with other animals with abnormal behavior, because the body's antibody level is not high at this time and cannot resist the invasion of external viruses.