6.20.060 Animals exposed to rabies.
Any animal potentially exposed to rabies virus by a wild or domestic carnivorous mammal or a bat that is not available for testing shall be regarded as having been exposed to rabies.
A. Unvaccinated. Unvaccinated dogs, cats, and ferrets exposed to a rabid animal shall be euthanized immediately. If the owner is unwilling to have this done, the animal shall be placed in strict isolation for six months under a veterinarian’s supervision, at the owner’s expense, and vaccinated one month before being released.
B. Vaccinated. Dogs, cats, and ferrets that are currently vaccinated shall be revaccinated immediately, kept under the owner’s control and observed for forty-five days.
C. Livestock. Livestock shall be handled as per the current compendium of animal rabies control. (Ord. 2018-06 § 1 (Exh. A (part)); Ord. 2012-12 § 2 (Exh. A (part)))