Control of rabies and other zoonoses 1981 (By-law No. 2).

Purpose of this By-law is to protect the human population against certain diseases transmissible from animals to man, namely: rabies and echinococcosis transmitted to man from dogs, cysticercosis and tapeworm infestation transmitted through the meat of pigs and cattle and from man again to pigs and cattle, and salmonellosis, frequently transmitted to man through cross-contamination during food preparation, originating from infected raw meat. The By-law provides for the registration and licensing as well as for the vaccination of dogs. Public health authorities and municipal authorities shall cooperate in the planning and implementation of education programmes for zooneses control, with particular emphasis on cysticercosis, echinococcosis, liver fluke and salmonellosis.