{"id":3138,"date":"2018-01-08T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jacksonwhitelaw.com\/az-personal-injury\/?page_id=3138"},"modified":"2023-01-17T15:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T22:53:17","slug":"arizona-rabies-vaccination-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonwhitelaw.com\/az-personal-injury\/blog\/arizona-rabies-vaccination-law\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Arizona’s Laws for Rabies Vaccinations?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/h2>\n

Rabies is a serious illness typically transmitted through the saliva of animals. Its symptoms include increased fever, salvation, madness and other abnormal behaviors, convulsions, paralysis, and it can even cause death.<\/p>\n

This virus affects dogs, cats, other mammals, and even humans. It is transmittable through the bite of an infected animal. Once infected, symptoms usually appear within one to three months. However, it can be as little as one week to as much as one year.<\/p>\n

Before the start of symptoms, infected people have been cured by using the rabies vaccine<\/a> and sometimes rabies immunoglobulin. Rabies causes tens of thousands of deaths worldwide. Most of the human deaths occur in Asia and Africa though. The only continent that rabies is not present on is Antarctica.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of Rabies<\/h4>\n

Fever and headache are usually the first signs of rabies in humans. Inflammation of the brain comes on next and can bring on such symptoms as partial paralysis, confusion, anxiety, agitation, paranoia, hallucinations, terror, and abnormal behavior. These symptoms then lead to delirium and coma. A fear of water is also often a symptom.<\/p>\n

What\/Who Can Develop Rabies?<\/h4>\n

All mammals can develop rabies. Birds, however, are largely asymptomatic and recover. They can also develop antibodies when they eat rabies-infected flesh. Larger animals present the biggest threat to humans.<\/p>\n

Small animals, such as rabbits, rodents like chipmunks, rats, and squirrels almost never contract the virus and have not been known to spread it to humans.<\/p>\n

Transmission between humans is very infrequent. The only known transmission between humans was through\u00a0transplant surgeries wherein people received infected organs.<\/p>\n

Arizona Rabies Vaccination Law<\/h4>\n

Since larger animals are the biggest threat to humans when it comes to rabies, most states have laws governing the vaccination of pets. Arizona rabies vaccination law states that dogs and cats should be vaccinated, and they should first be immunized at 3 months of age.<\/p>\n

The following year the animal is required to receive another vaccination. After taking their second vaccination the animal is required to receive a booster shot every three years. Arizona rabies vaccination law doesn\u2019t pertain to dogs and cats only.<\/p>\n

Ferrets, horses, and cattle must also be vaccinated and their vaccinations must be annual. Ferrets should first be vaccinated at 3-4 months of age.<\/p>\n

The law also states that any animal with an unknown vaccination history should be immunized right away and again within a year. In order to assess the current vaccination status of an animal, the following must be true:<\/p>\n