Monday, February 22, 2010

Thailand On Alert For Fake Rabies Vaccine

There has been some fake rabies vaccination being sold in Thailand that has officials from the World Health Organisation's Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses warning that the vaccination you are buying could be fake or a poor quality.

Dr Thirawat Hemajutha from the World Health Organisation's Collaborating Centre for Research and Training said: The death of a female public health official, who was a dog breeder, might have been caused by fake and poor quality rabies vaccine delivered to her home.

You wonder who is to know if you are getting the real vaccine or not. We put our trust in the Veterinarians and the suppliers that they are giving us the real stuff, but in some countries there might not be any real inspections on the products they are selling.

Read the article here.

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