Is your cat or dog up to date on shots? Our low cost Rabies Clinics offer Distemper and Rabies Vaccines for $10.00 each and Microchipping for $25.00 per chip. (Does not include cost of Pa. lifetime license or registration fee with the microchip company.)

If not, click here to view our calendar of Rabies/Microchipping Vacination Clinics, or click HERE for a one page schedule for the year.

Distemper

Feline distemper is rare but very contagious. Feline distemper is also known as feline infectious enteritis or feline panleukopenia. But this viral disease by any name is still as dangerous. Before a vaccine was available, distemper was responsible for the deaths of many companion cats.

Although it is uncommon today, veterinarians do see cases of this highly contagious viral disease-especially in very young kittens of unknown health who haven't yet received their vaccinations. The virus is easily passed on from cat to cat through both direct and indirect contact. Sneezing, hissing or sharing litterboxes, food and water bowls are all possible methods of transmission. An infected pregnant cat can pass the virus on to her litter. Kittens who were infected in the uterus will be born with an inability to maintain their balance-a disorder called cerebellar hypoplasia. Distemper could also cause an infected pregnant cat to abort.

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Rabies

The rabies virus can infect almost any mammal. It is shed in the saliva and transmitted typically by bite wounds. Without treatment, the virus eventually attacks the nervous system and results in death. Throughout the world, 35,000 people die each year from rabies. In the United States, about 3 people succumb each year to rabies.

In the United States, rabies is most commonly found in skunks, raccoons, foxes, coyotes and bats. Despite their bad rap, rabies in ferrets is quite uncommon. Since 1958, only 22 ferrets have been diagnosed with rabies.

Recently in the United States, cats have become the number one domestic animal diagnosed with rabies.

Rabies shot are required by law in Pennsylvania.

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