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About 1463 dogs were vaccinated in 2017 from the jurisdiction of Ponda Municipal Council (PMC), which includes 63 per cent stray dogs and 65 per cent females.
The ‘Rabies Free Goa' programme was conducted by a team of Mission Rabies in the Ponda municipality on Wednesday. Its education director Dr Murugan Appupillai gave information on rabies and its symptoms.
According to Appupillai, over 99% of human rabies cases are caused by an infected dog bite and once symptoms of the disease develop, it is always fatal.
"We have to avoid dog bites. We should know how to tackle the situation when dog bites. We should clean the area where dog has bitten by pouring water and should visit doctor for treatment," he said while spreading awareness.
Dr Karlette Fernandes of Worldwide Veterinary Service said 64 per cent of stray dogs from Ponda taluka are vaccinated by their team. "There is government scheme which helps the local bodies financially for sterilisation programme. The local bodies should avail this scheme and have a memorandum of understanding with any organisation working in this field," she said.
According to Fernandes, government gives Rs 900 are given for sterilisation of one dog. Ponda Municipal Council Chairperson Dr Radhika Nayak, Councilors Sunil Desai, Vincent Paul Fernandes and Lalan Naik and Chief Officer Navanath Naik were present on the occasion.
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