(A) When an animal under quarantine has been diagnosed as being rabid, or is suspected by a licensed veterinarian as being rabid, and dies while under such observation, the Animal Control Officer or veterinarian shall immediately send the head of such animal to the State Health Department for pathological examination, and shall notify the proper public health officer of reports of human contact and the diagnosis made of the suspected animal.
(B) When one or both reports give a positive diagnosis of rabies, the Health Officer or Animal Control Officer of the city may recommend a citywide quarantine for a period of six months, and upon the invoking of such quarantine, no animal shall be taken into the streets or permitted to be in the streets during such period of quarantine. During such quarantine, no animal shall be taken or shipped from the city without written permission of the Animal Control Officer of the city.
(C) During such period of rabies quarantine as herein designated, every animal bitten by an animal adjudged to be rabid shall be treated for such rabies infection by a licensed veterinarian or held under a six months’ quarantine by the owner in the same manner as other animals are quarantined.
(D) In the event that there are additional positive cases of rabies occurring during the period of quarantine, such period of quarantine may be extended for an additional six months.
(Prior Code, § 4-162) (Ord. 2006-01-01, passed 3-1-2007) Penalty, see § 90.999
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 63 O.S. § 1-508