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rabid dog bites ten in downtown hua hin
•This• week saw rapid action in the centre of Hua Hin as a rabid dog was caught after having bitten or hua hin
scratched ten people in the Samor Rian community of Soi Phrae Phan behind Wat Hua Hin and in the market area of Chomsin Road. It is not known over what period of time these attacks had happened, but the normal time span between the onset of symptoms in dogs and death is ten days, and the disease can only be spread once the clinical signs have developed. The dog died on Monday after being captured and rabies was confirmed upon veterinarian examination. The area it had been seen was cordoned off after being identified by officials who took a photograph of the dog to show to people. Most of the victims of the dog had already been vaccinated, but one lady scratched by the dog was taken to hospital to be treated. Clearly the authorities now have two major tasks ahead; a short term job of spotting potentially rabid animals, and a long term plan to vaccinate and sterilise stray animals. It is almost inevitable that the dead dog will have passed the disease on to other animals, so everybody needs to be on the lookout for rabies symptoms, particularly in stray dogs and cats; the average time of incubation from exposure to brain involvement is between 3 to 8 weeks, and symptoms include eating unusual items (non-food), fever, seizures, paralysis, hydrophobia, slack jaw, inability to swallow, change in tone of bark, muscular lack of coordination, unusual shyness or aggression, excessive excitability, constant irritability/changes in attitude and behaviour, paralysis in the mandible and larynx and excessive salivation, or frothy saliva. Free vaccinations for dogs and cats are reportedly available at the Hua Hin Dog Centre at Wat Khao Ittisukhato (Tel: 032 532476). AWOL advises calling ahead as they are likely to be busy.