During the period of rabies quarantine as mentioned, every animal bitten by an animal adjudged to be rabid shall be forthwith destroyed, or at the owner's expense and option, shall be treated for a rabies infection by a licensed veterinarian, or held under fourteen (14) days' quarantine by the owner in the same manner as a female in season. The period of quarantine may be extended from time to time. (1990 Code § 4-153; amd. 2006 Code)