Double rabies vaccination

We shall be moving to United Kingdom from Asia next year, and shall
be taking our little dog with us. She has to go into quarantine in
England for six months, and we have arranged for her to be shipped to
a quarantine kennels.

According to British regulations, she has to have a rabies injection
when she arrives in Britain. However, according to local regulations,
she has to have a rabies injection before she is allowed to leave the
country!! (This for a dog who is already vaccinated every year
against rabies!!) It seems to be an inflexible rule both ends, so it
seems she will have to be vaccinated against rabies twice.

Will it damage her health to have two separate rabies vaccinations
within about a week of each other?

If she has not had reactions before (some dogs do, along with other animals)
she should be OK. Just think about the pets that wind up in a rescue
service and are vaccinated again.

I would think that if there had been problems with pets in the past, that
there would not be the doubling up.


"Jan BP" <janbaypetersen.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> We shall be moving to United Kingdom from Asia next year, and shall
> be taking our little dog with us. She has to go into quarantine in
> England for six months, and we have arranged for her to be shipped to
> a quarantine kennels.
>
> According to British regulations, she has to have a rabies injection
> when she arrives in Britain. However, according to local regulations,
> she has to have a rabies injection before she is allowed to leave the
> country!! (This for a dog who is already vaccinated every year
> against rabies!!) It seems to be an inflexible rule both ends, so it
> seems she will have to be vaccinated against rabies twice.
>
> Will it damage her health to have two separate rabies vaccinations
> within about a week of each other?