1 aRi* 6-H IHI'. HKL'NSWICK BEACON, Thursday. Ortobt-r 8, 1987
Dogs Stuck With Rabies Revaccination
BY DOLT. RLTTER
Some dogs receiving sulK'utaneovis
rabies shots recently must bo revac
cinated. according to the North
Carolina Division of Health Ser\’ice.s.
A health services letter sent to
veterinarians throughout the state in
dicates that lab analysis failed to
support the effectiveness of a Norden
Laboratories vaccine when ad
ministered subcutaneously, or under
the skin.
Brunswick County Health Board
Chairman and veterinarian Dr.
Wiiiiam Rabon said. There is really
no need to worry about the vaccine. I
have the utmost faith in it. It simply
did not show up positive in laboratory
experimeiiLs."
Rabon said the two suspected
Norden vaccines. Kndurall-K and
Rabnuard-TC. have been found
perfectly effective when ad-
ininistereti in the don's muscle rather
than under the .skin, but did not meet
FDA standards when ni^'en sut>-
cutaneously.
"There is no problem with the vac
cine itself," he explained. "It is more
of a problem with the route of ad-
minCstration"
Rabon said the Norden vaccines
are newly developed and that the
FD.A had ni'en them a provisional
license. He added that when the vac-
ci.ne.s were tested, they did not pro
vide the amount of rabies immuiut\
required b\ the FDA.
He said he had heard of no reported
cases of rabies in the state linked
with this vaccine.
Accordinn to Rabon, Dr. .lohn
Freeman, head of the state en
vironmental epideiniolofty branch,
.said in the letter that he believed the
EAAT Class Begins Oct. 13
At Waccannaw Rescue Building
Emergency medical technician
(EMTt training will be offered at the
Waccamaw Fire and Rescue .Squad
Building in /Vsh Ix'qinninq Oct. t;i.
The class, offered through
Brunswick ('ommunity Collet’e, will
meet from p in. to 10 p.m. each
Tuesday and I'riday thronith
.lanuary.
Reuistration is $15, with no
registration fee charKed members of
rescue squads, fire departments,
police departments or individuals
aqe (!5 or older.
The E.MT's primary respon
sibilities are to brinj- exiicrt medical
care to victims of emergencies, to
stabilize their condition and
transport them safely and ex-
(leditiously to the hospital.
Upon completion of the cour.se.
students will be able to recojinize the
nature and .seriou.sne.ss of a patient's
illne.ss or injuries and deteniiine re
quirements for emergency medical
care.
The state examination for cer
tification as an E.M T will be I’iven on
.Ian. :iO. However, the cla.ss is open to
students who do not wish to become
certificHl. but rather want to learn
basic emcrf>ency care procedures for
dealitiK with bleeding, broken bones,
chokinK, heart attack or druK over-
do.se.
.More information on EMT Irainint’
is available from .Marie Potter in the
continuing education department at
BIT.
School Board Hires Two
For West Brunswick High
STAM ImOTOB* nOUGPlltTIP
tins KNtil.iSH .SETTER named Rose was one of
many dons who received a revaeeinatioii for rabies last
week after the N.C. Division of Health .Services
reported that some vaeidnes were ineffeetive.
itrunswiek .Animal Hospital's Dr. .lim Rabon ni' es the
injeetioii with the assistance of employee .lill Reaves.
vaccine was just as effective as any
other, but that it should not be used
until it has been proven effective in
labratory experiments.
Rabon saiil that from a leqal stand
point. if a don receivinn this "ineffec
tive" treatment were to bite so
meone. the case would be handled as
if the don had rabies.
Calabash veterinarian Dr. Kenneth
Neal also said he treated some dons
with the Norden subcutaneous vac
cine durinn a countyw ide i linic last
October.
He voiced sunilar feelinns siimlar
to those ol Rabon and said. ' I Here is
no real danner. The main thmn is just
nettinn the word out to don owners
that they should brinn their dons
back for another shot."
.A sjiokesinan for Dr l.ouise Pijier
of .Southport said she had not used the
Norden .subcutaneous vaccines
treat any dons.
to
Area vets encoiirane don owners to
have their pets revaccinated if the
don has received this subcutaneous
tii'aiincni. Neiiiiei Neal nor Rabon
plans to charne for the re
vaccination.
As a reminder, puppies should be
vai'cinaled at ane four months to six
months, and then receive a booster
shot one year later. .Mature dons
should then be revaccinated every
three vears.
Briinsw ick County Board of Educa
tion members .Monday ninht hired
two new staff members for West
Brunswick Hinh School, amonn other
personnel actions.
Beverly .Marlowe of Supply will
serve as the school's drop-out
prevention specialist.
.Also, .secretary l.aSandra Robin
son was transferred from iiie central
office to the West Brunswick Hinh
School office to Ix'come the student
information mananement system
specialist.
The board also hired Sara Spencer
of Carolina Beach to teach art ;it
South Brunswick .Middle School and
Karen Hardy of Wilminnton as a
Chapter I readinn teacher, Southport
Elementary : Lori Varnum of Supply
as a teacher's a.ssistant at Union
Primary and Timothy White of Ash
as a teacher's a.ssistant at the Alter
native Education School.
•Accepted re.sinnatinns from Ruth
Somers, occupational therapist;
Dennis M.isseni'ill. math teacher.
West Brunswick Hinl) School;
Woodrow Bond, mechanic; Randolph
Coates, eleclriciiin's helper.
•dranted le.'ives of absence to Kay
l.emley, .secretary. Bolivia; .lo Ann
.lohnston, teacher's assistant. Lin
coln Primary.
•Approved 88 substitute teachers.
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