Sweetlips6,
Actually, that is not correct, Tennessee State Law allows for a 3 year vaccine (4 for cats as there is a 4 year feline rabies vaccine licensed by Intervet) is as below. If you have any questions about it, you can contact the Tennessee Public Health Veterinarian,
Dr. John Dunn, Tennessee Department of Health
John.Dunn@state.tn.us Phone: 615.741.7247
Kris
Title 68 Chapter 8 tennessee.gov/sos/acts/103/pub/pc0765.pdf
Tennessee’s state anti-rabies law, Title 68 Chapter 8 Section 103 (i) declares that
“Nothing in this section shall be construed to require more frequent rabies vaccinations or a greater number of rabies vaccinations than are required by the rabies compendium,” and defines the “compendium” under Section 102 (3) as
“the most recent issue of the national ‘Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control’ published by the Association of State Public Health Veterinarians..”
The National Association of State Public Health Veterinarian’s (NASPHV) Compendium of Rabies Prevention and Control
Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2008* </P><P>National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (NASPHV) promulgated in Tennessee’s anti-rabies law declares that
“All vaccines must be administered in accordance with the specifications of the product label or package insert. …. Vaccines used in state and local rabies control programs should have at least a 3-year duration of immunity. ….. No laboratory or epidemiologic data exist to support the annual or biennial administration of 3- or 4-year vaccines following the initial series.”