Rabies outbreak: Three samples tested positive
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, January 24 2015 : Of the four brain samples of dogs sent by State Veterinary Department to the Veterinary College at Hebbal in Karnataka for testing, three samples have been found to be positive of Rabies.

State Veterinary Department sent the brain samples collected from four dogs for testing following reported death of people from dog bite in some parts of the State.

According to top officials of the Disease Investigation Laboratory, Directorate of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Manipur, brain samples collected from four dogs which had bitten people to death and which that died with symptoms of Rabies without biting anyone were sent to the Veterinary College at Hebbal in Karnataka for testing on January 5.Out of these four brain samples, three have been confirmed of Rabies.

Of the positive brain samples, one each had been collected from Khannarok and Kiyamgei in Imphal East district and the other from Maokot village in Churachandpur district.

The dog from Maokot was one year old and it had shown symptoms of Rabies after bitten by other suspected rabid dogs.

The dog from Khannarok was around 10 months old it died after biting a young boy while the dog from Kiyamgei was around 4 months old and it had started showing symptoms of Rabies infection.

The test result of the brain sample collected from a dog in Mayang Imphal under Imphal West district, however, turned out to be negative of Rabies.

The officials further disclosed that five other brain samples of dogs have already been sent for testing to the Veterinary College at Hebbal some days earlier and arrangements were being made for sending three more samples in the next couple of days.

Meanwhile, mass vaccination programmes are being conducted by the Veterinary Department in collaboration with local clubs and organisations to contain outbreak of Rabies in different parts of the State.

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