Assessed by an academic from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Udayana show of about 50,000 cases of dog bites during 2010, an estimated 30 percent of them are at risk of rabies positive.
Transmission of rabies is so fast is predicted due to low traffic control dogs between districts, not to mention the Balinese society tends to move the dog that was in the incubation period. On the other hand the dog vaccination coverage in Bali is still below 50 percent.
Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika asserted will not wait for funding assistance center in rabies prevention efforts. Because until now the rabies control fund allocations of Rp. 15 billion was promised since last February by the central government through the ministries of agriculture up to now has not been liquid. Yet according to the plan fund will be focused on its use for the operations of the mass vaccination of dogs.
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) aims to make Bali as an example in efforts to prevent rabies in the world. In order to achieve this goal together WSPA Bali provincial government is planning for the vaccination of approximately 70 percent of the dog population on Bali. The plan stated in rabies prevention [...]
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