The Lagos State Government has disclosed that no fewer than 1.5 million dogs will be vaccinated within the next two weeks, during the free anti-rabies vaccination campaign embarked upon to prevent deaths of animals in the State.
The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya stated this these days at the flag-off of the vaccination campaign held at the palace of Oba Ayangburen of Ikorodu.
She cited that Lagos pioneered the campaign exercising inside the united states of america, pointing out that the vaccination would take location yearly for the subsequent 3 years to be effective on dogs.
Olusanya determined that loads of the puppies within the State aren't registered or licensed consequently numerous rabid puppies will be on the prowl, stressing the need for vaccination to prevent rabies.
The Commissioner entreated pet owners as responsible residents to bring their puppies and cats for the exercising, noting that the State Government, being a responsive authorities, has made the exercising freed from price for the citizenry.
She said: “Dogs are the principal source of transmitting the scary rabies disorder whilst unvaccinated. It is, consequently, imperative as a accountable and responsive authorities beneath the capable management of Mr. Governor, Babajide Sanw-Olu, to champion the worldwide purpose of removing the disease, which is majorly curtailed through deliberate annual vaccination of our pets”.
“With an estimated 1.Five million dogs inside the State, I hereby enjoin all individuals, company corporations, communities to collaborate toward more accountable dog ownership to decrease the stray of animals inside the environment”, Olusanya stated.
The Commissioner informed that the exercise might take region inside the five divisions of the State together with Veterinary Clinic, beside LASPOTECH Second Gate, opposite Access Bank, Odogunyan, Ikorodu; Veterinary Centre, Epe Local Government Compound, Orita Marun Epe; Veterinary Clinic, opposite Bethel Church, Beside Alesh Hotel Ajah and the Veterinary Clinic by means of Randle General Hospital, Benson Street, Surulere.
Others are the Veterinary Clinic at Aiyedoto Farms Settlement, Agric Road, Ojo; Veterinary Clinic on Beach Road, Opposite General Hospital, Badagry and the Animal Hospital on Old Abeokuta Motor Road, beside LSADA’s Office, Opposite DSTV Office, Oko-Oba Agege.
Urging citizens to make sure the registration and yearly vaccination of pets and other animals, the Commissioner said the enrolment can be performed at government veterinary hospitals, clinics and authorities registered personal animal fitness care centres.
Earlier, the Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria, Dr. Olaniran Alabi, noted that an estimated 70,000 human beings globally die of rabies each 12 months, adding that less than 5 percent of dogs are vaccinated in Nigeria because of excessive value of the vaccines.
Alabi, who became represented via Dr. Mairo Kachalla, discovered that the sickness may be transmitted thru the chunk of an infected animal or guy, with 99% fatality if green post-publicity prophylaxis remedy is not instituted early.
He stated that rabies is a rather deadly disorder affecting all heat-blooded animals but despite the excessive fatality, the disorder is 100% preventable through mass dog vaccination and enlightenment campaigns, mentioning that dogs account for the very best percentage of human deaths resulting from rabies.
Dr. Kachalla said that the World Organisation for Animal Health(OIE) recommends that at the least 70% of dogs should be vaccinated annually for 3 consecutive years so as to interrupt the transmission cycle of rabies and, therefore, get rid of the ailment.
According to him, rabies is one of the precedence Transboundary Animal Diseases and has remained endemic in Nigeria since it was first mentioned in 1912.
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