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(e) In the case of any carnivore or bat the animal may ;,be euthanlzed and the head examined for rabies. ~ Sec. 6. D~struction or c0~finement of animal bitten by rabid animal. (a) If an animal has a current rabies inoculation and ts~bitten by a known rabid animal, the animal bitten shall be revaccinated and returned to the o~v~er. (b) If an anl~l docs not have a current rabies lnocnlation and ls bitten by a knowu rabid animal, the o~er of tbs bitten aotmal must. strictly isolate the bitten aninml in an animal sheltar, boarding kennel, or at a veterinary hospital for a period of six (6) months or the animal will he immediately destroyed. Sec. 7. Area-wide emersency quarantine. (a) When reports iodicato a positive diagnosis of rabies, tbs County Director of Public llealtb may order an area-wide quarantioe for such period as be deelaa necessary. Open invoking of such emergency quarantine, no dog~ eat or other carnivore shall be takcn into the streets or permitted to be iu tile streets during such period. During such quarantine, no dog, cat or erbar carnivore may be taken or shipped from the county without written permission of' the Animal Control Department and the police and sheriff's departments are hereby directed during such emergency, to impound any dog, cat or other carnivore found running at large in tbs county. During the qusrantiue period, the Animal Control Department or the local health authorities isbell be empowered to provide for a program of mass immunization by the estahlisbment of temporary emergency rabies vaccination facilities strategically located throughout tbs co~tnty. :: (b) In the event there are additional positive cases o~ rabies occurring during the period of quarantine, such period of quarantine ~ay be extended at the discretion of tile County Director of Public Health. I Sec. 8. Postmortem diagnosis. ~ (a) If an animal dies while under observation for rabieS, the head of animal shall be immediately submitted to the County Heal*,tb nepartnlent, for shipment to the Laboratory Section of the Division of llealth ~ervices for rabies diagnosis. (b) Tile carcass o~ any animal suspected o[ dying o,f rabies shell be surrendered to tile Animal CQntrol Department. The head of s~ch animal shall ba immediately submitted to the County Health Department fo~ sbipment to the Laboratory Section of the Division of Health Services for rabies diagnosis.