Springfield considers compliance.Byline: The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - At least once a day, an anxious pet owner calls the Cascade Animal Clinic to ask if veterinarians Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons (vets) are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:
"They're fearful," said Kelli Rosen, a vet at the clinic. "I get phone calls about this every day from people who just don't want any more government in their lives." Springfield veterinarians - unlike those in Eugene, Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, and unincorporated Lane County - are not currently required to inform the county when a rabies vaccine rabies vaccine n. 1. A vaccine introduced by Pasteur as a method of treatment for the bite of a rabid animal, consisting of 23 daily injections of virus that are increased serially from noninfective doses to doses containing fully infective is administered to a dog. But that soon could change, as the City Council will take on the topic at 7 tonight during a public hearing at City Hall, 225 Fifth St. Several people are expected to testify at the hearing, but councilors will not vote on the issue until a later meeting. Lane County officials have asked for local cities' participation in the mandatory reporting mandatory reporting The obligatory reporting of a particular condition to local or state health authorities, as required for communicable disease and substance abuse Infectious disease State boards of health maintain records and collect data resulting from MR of program, in response to the work of a citizen task force that in 2003 issued a report that studied ways to reduce animal population and euthanasia. Requiring Springfield veterinarians to report all rabies vaccinations allows county officials to know if an inoculated dog has a license, as required by law. When an unlicensed dog is discovered, its owner is mailed a notice and a bill for a license. The task force report said only 12 percent of dogs were licensed in Springfield as of 2003. In the past two months, Springfield officials have received correspondence from several individuals interested in the issue. Eugene resident David Calderwood David Calderwood (1575 - October 29, 1650), was a Scottish divine and historian. Early life He was educated at Edinburgh, where he took the degree of MA in 1593. In about 1604, he became minister of Crailing, near Jedburgh in Roxburghshire, where he became conspicuous for , a dog breeder and retired handler, wrote a letter stating: "We should all inoculate in·oc·u·late v. 1. To introduce a serum, a vaccine, or an antigenic substance into the body of a person or an animal, especially as a means to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease. 2. our dogs (from rabies), but the government does not need to know and regulate everything about our lives, including how many dogs we have in our house." Eugene veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. Roberta Boyden, a member of the citizen task force, disagrees. Boyden wrote that before coming to Lane County, she worked in clinics in five other states where rabies reporting was mandatory for vets. "I hope when you consider adopting the rabies reporting in Springfield that you will view the benefits to the community as a whole as far exceeding any minor inconvenience it might create for a few individuals," Boyden wrote. Under Springfield's city code, a maximum of three adult dogs are allowed per residential lot. Springfield could decide to approve the reporting rule but continue its own dog-licensing program, which last year generated about $25,000 that the city used to offset the $42,000 it pays Lane County each year for animal-shelter services. The city requires licenses for all dogs more than 6 months old. Springfield Police Chief Jerry Smith Jerry Smith may refer to the following people:
"I hope the council puts this thing to bed one way or another," Smith said. - Jack Moran |
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