patna with a view to giving its members technical expertise in treating zoonotic diseases experts on monday discussed various aspects of canine disease control nutrition and management on the first day of national congress of canine practice and symposium on strategy for canine healthcare organized by the indian society for advancement of canine practice isacp the symposium was attended by union animal husbandry commissioner suresh s hunnappagol besides several professionals including vets clinicians and scientists of national repute according to organizing secretary isacp dr v k sinha he said major general sree kant vc of lala lajpat rai university of veterinary and animal science was the guest of honour thirtytwo lead papers and 250 abstract papers will be presented during the threeday conference dr sinha said elaborating on zoonotic diseases nagpur based veterinary surgeon dr hemant jain told toi that such diseases were transmitted from animals to human beings and vice versa adding that human beings are very susceptible to rabies and skin diseases including scabies ringworm and leptospirosis carried by infected dogs rabies cannot be treated it can only be prevented he said speaking on the measures that must be taken by the people having pets dr jain said to remove dust dirt and ectoparasites the dogs must be brushed and combed daily the 7in1 injection should be administered to them and should be repeated annually after the second dose 21 days after the first injection to protect the young pup from possible infections the antirabies injection should be administered to threemonthold pup followed by its booster dose after one month and annually the veterinarian said keeping patna summer in view dr jain said dogs must be kept in wellventilated place with 24 hours supply of cool drinking water and should be taken out for daily stroll early in the morning and late at night to avoid heat exposure two tablespoons of oral rehydration solutions if given twice per day would be helpful in maintaining the electrolytic balance in the dogs body he said