Section 144-251-7 - Management of domesticated animals exposed to rabid or suspect rabid animalsA. Owned dogs, cats and ferrets with current proof of rabies vaccination that are exposed to a confirmed or suspect rabid animal or that are found to have wounds of unknown origin must be immediately boostered with rabies vaccine, kept under the owner's control and observed for signs of rabies for 45 days.B. Owned dogs, cats, and ferrets without proof of current rabies vaccination that are exposed to a confirmed or suspect rabid animal or that are inflicted with wounds of unknown origin should be euthanized immediately. If the owner is unwilling to have this done, the animal should be placed in strict isolation for six months. Isolation in this context refers to confinement in an enclosure that precludes direct contact with people and other animals. The animal must be vaccinated upon entry into isolation or up to 28 days before release.C. Stray dogs must be confined and observed for eight days in a State-licensed animal shelter pursuant to 7 M.R.S.A. §3913(4B) and then euthanized. A veterinarian may authorize euthanasia prior to the eight day isolation period ( 7 M.R.S.A. §3913(6).D. Stray cats without proof of current rabies vaccination that are without identification must be held for 48 hours or that are feral must be held for 24 hours in a State-licensed animal shelter prior to euthanasia pursuant to 7 M.R.S.A. §3919-A. A veterinarian may authorize immediate euthanasia ( 7 M.R.S.A. §3919-A(4).E. Stray ferrets without proof of current rabies vaccination must be euthanized immediately.F. Stray or owned wildlife hybrids must be euthanized regardless of vaccination status.G.Livestock(1) All cases of confirmed exposure must be reported to the State Veterinarian, Department of Agriculture.(2) Vaccinated livestock must be immediately boostered and observed for signs of rabies for 45 days.(3) Animals that are not currently vaccinated for rabies must be euthanized or strictly isolated from other animals and have limited human contact while they are observed for a period of six months starting the day of the exposure.(4) The use of the animal or the animal's by-products for human consumption is subject to the policies of the Maine Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 251, § 7