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Orange County Animal Services – August 2006 Monthly Report – Page 7 <br /> <br />In addition to these kinds of “rabies exposure investigations,” our Animal Control Officers are also <br />responsible for bite reports involving dogs and cats (as well as other animals) and a human victim. In <br />these cases, it is a legal requirement and public health precaution that a dog or cat biting a human being <br />be contained and observed for a period of ten (10) days—thereby ensuring that the bite victim was not <br />exposed to the rabies virus. As can be seen from the above Table, in July there were nineteen (19) such <br />bite quarantines. <br /> <br />Efforts to ensure current vaccination, for the welfare of pets and the people with whom they come into <br />contact, are ongoing and activities in this area are captured by vaccination statistics compiled by our <br />Animal Control Division. As is ordinarily the case, the majority of these vaccinations – 1,352 out of a <br />total of 1,565 vaccinations – continue to be performed at veterinary establishments that service pet owners <br />who reside in Orange County. And another one hundred and seventeen (117) animals were vaccinated at <br />our Animal Shelter prior to their adoption or recovery. <br /> <br />As noted in our discussion of Department Highlights, Animal Services partnered with the Hillsborough <br />Veterinary Clinic to offer an on-site rabies clinic on Saturday, August 19th. Ninety-six (96) animals— <br />sixty-five (65) dogs and thirty-one (31) cats—were vaccinated at this two-hour clinic. So far this year one <br />thousand three hundred and forty two (1342) dogs and cats have been vaccinated at low cost clinics. <br />Seventy percent (936 in number) of these were dogs, while thirty percent (406 in number) of these were <br />cats. <br /> <br /> <br />Rabies Vaccinations within Orange County <br /> <br /> Dogs Cats Total <br />Vaccinated at Shelter 54 63 117 <br />Vaccinated at Vet Clinics 670 682 1352 <br />Vaccinated at Rabies Clinics 65 31 96 <br />Total Vaccinations 789 776 1565 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Appendix <br /> <br />Placement Rate: This is a gross statistic which relates the number of animals placed (adopted, reclaimed and <br />transferred) to the number of animals admitted in a given time period. This is expressed as a percentage attained by <br />dividing the number of animals placed by the number of animals admitted. <br /> <br />Adoptable Placement Rate: To gain a clearer representation of the placement program, the animals brought to the <br />shelter that are not part of the placement program are excluded, namely feral cats and owner requests for euthanasia. <br />Since the number of feral cats in particular can vary a great deal from month to month, they can obscure the true <br />effects of the program. The adoptable placement rate is obtained by subtracting the number of feral cats and owner <br />requests for euthanasia from the total intake number before the number of placed animals is divided by it. This <br />yields a more refined statistic since the absent animals are generally not regarded as animals that can be placed in <br />new homes. <br /> <br />Percent of Total Dispositions, which are given in the statistical report, are different from the placement rates in that <br />they do not relate to the number of animals brought into the shelter. They are, as the title implies, the total number of <br />dispositions broken down by category. Their function is to demonstrate the accuracy of the statistics. <br /> <br />Exposures Investigated: This figure refers to the separate and distinct cases investigated by animal control, and <br />does not indicate number of exposed species within each case – a single household may contain multiple exposures <br />among pets and humans, but for our purposes, this counts as one exposure investigation.