Get Rabies Submission Form Virginia

Any illness in an animal under observation should be reported immediately to the local health department. If the animal under observation develops signs suggestive of rabies, it should be euthanized by an animal health professional and its head submitted to a diagnostic laboratory for testing.

If you were bitten by a cat, dog, or ferret that appeared healthy at the time you were bitten, it can be confined by its owner for 10 days and observed. No anti-rabies prophylaxis is needed. No person in the United States has ever contracted rabies from a dog, cat or ferret held in quarantine for 10 days.

All dogs and cats four months old and older are required by state and local laws to wear a rabies tag and an animal license tag on their collar. City license tags are good for one calendar year and go on sale November 1 and must be purchased by January 31.

You may obtain a replacement for a lost, stolen or badly mutilated license tag by going in person to any Treasurer's Office location. Please bring a copy of your pet's current tag receipt and $1.00 for the cost of the replacement tag. Only one license tag can be active at one time.

By law, dogs and cats over 4 months of age must wear current rabies and pet license tags. It can save your pet's life. An immediately visible license tag on your pet's collar is the fastest way to be reunited with your lost pet and is only issued with proof of regular vaccination against the deadly rabies virus.

Any illness in an animal under observation should be reported immediately to the local health department. If the animal under observation develops signs suggestive of rabies, it should be euthanized by an animal health professional and its head submitted to a diagnostic laboratory for testing.

This disease must be reported immediately by phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

If you were bitten by a cat, dog, or ferret that appeared healthy at the time you were bitten, it can be confined by its owner for 10 days and observed. No anti-rabies prophylaxis is needed. No person in the United States has ever contracted rabies from a dog, cat or ferret held in quarantine for 10 days.

What medical care will I receive if I may have been exposed to rabies? Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) consists of a dose of human rabies immune globulin (HRIG) and rabies vaccine given on the day of the rabies exposure, and then a dose of vaccine given again on days 3, 7, and 14.

All dogs and cats four months old and older are required by state and local laws to wear a rabies tag and an animal license tag on their collar. City license tags are good for one calendar year and go on sale November 1 and must be purchased by January 31.

Legal requirement for vaccination: The Code of Virginia requires that all dogs and cats receive rabies vaccine prior to attaining 4 months of age (§ 3.2-6521). A licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinary technician under the immediate and direct supervision of a veterinarian must administer the vaccine.

You may obtain a replacement for a lost, stolen or badly mutilated license tag by going in person to any Treasurer's Office location. Please bring a copy of your pet's current tag receipt and $1.00 for the cost of the replacement tag. Only one license tag can be active at one time.

Legal requirement for vaccination: The Code of Virginia requires that all dogs and cats receive rabies vaccine prior to attaining 4 months of age (§ 3.2-6521). A licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinary technician under the immediate and direct supervision of a veterinarian must administer the vaccine.

By law, dogs and cats over 4 months of age must wear current rabies and pet license tags. It can save your pet's life. An immediately visible license tag on your pet's collar is the fastest way to be reunited with your lost pet and is only issued with proof of regular vaccination against the deadly rabies virus.

You may obtain a replacement for a lost, stolen or badly mutilated license tag by going in person to any Treasurer's Office location. Please bring a copy of your pet's current tag receipt and $1.00 for the cost of the replacement tag. Only one license tag can be active at one time.

This disease must be reported immediately by phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

All dogs must have a license tag securely attached to a collar and worn whenever the dog is off of the owner's property. Citizens have the option to purchase dog licenses for one, two or three year periods provided that the rabies certificate is valid for the period of time being covered.

What medical care will I receive if I may have been exposed to rabies? Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) consists of a dose of human rabies immune globulin (HRIG) and rabies vaccine given on the day of the rabies exposure, and then a dose of vaccine given again on days 3, 7, and 14.

Every owned dog and cat is required by law to be vaccinated against rabies by four months of age. The rabies vaccine must be given annually (or every three years if your pet receives a three-year vaccine) for the duration of your pet's life.

Legal requirement for vaccination: The Code of Virginia requires that all dogs and cats receive rabies vaccine prior to attaining 4 months of age (§ 3.2-6521). A licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinary technician under the immediate and direct supervision of a veterinarian must administer the vaccine.

Legal requirement for vaccination: The Code of Virginia requires that all dogs and cats receive rabies vaccine prior to attaining 4 months of age (§ 3.2-6521). A licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinary technician under the immediate and direct supervision of a veterinarian must administer the vaccine.

You may obtain a replacement for a lost, stolen or badly mutilated license tag by going in person to any Treasurer's Office location. Please bring a copy of your pet's current tag receipt and $1.00 for the cost of the replacement tag. Only one license tag can be active at one time.

All dogs must have a license tag securely attached to a collar and worn whenever the dog is off of the owner's property. Citizens have the option to purchase dog licenses for one, two or three year periods provided that the rabies certificate is valid for the period of time being covered.

Every owned dog and cat is required by law to be vaccinated against rabies by four months of age. The rabies vaccine must be given annually (or every three years if your pet receives a three-year vaccine) for the duration of your pet's life.