RABIES (CONT.)


2. Dogs, cats and ferrets are required to be vaccinated so they must be vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian or an owner who is certified to vaccinate their own dogs. So if someone goes out and buys a vaccine and vaccinate their dog or cat and they are not certified. It’s an invalid vaccine. if they want a health certificate or they want to board their animal, etc. it will not be considered vacci- nated. Same if the animal bite someone it is simply considered an unvaccinated animal.


Are there exemptions for rabies vaccines?


Tere is no legal rabies exemption in Ken- tucky at this time. If the animal is too ill to receive a vaccine, that will be dependent on the veterinarian’s clinical judgement. If the animal bites some- one it will be a 10-day (usually at home) quarantine, regardless of the vaccination sta- tus. (Unless the animal is suspected to have rabies and needs to be euthanized.)


If you have additional questions, please contact the KVMA office or


Dr. Giesbrecht at kelly.giesbrecht@ky.gov 


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