§ 5-2. Inoculation of dogs; health certificate.

(a)

Each dog possessed or owned within the unincorporated area of the county shall be inoculated annually against the following diseases:

(1)

Canine distemper;

(2)

Infectious hepatitis;

(3)

Leptospirosis;

(4)

Tracheobronchitis; and

(5)

Canine parvo virus.

(b)

Dogs shall be vaccinated for rabies as required by Florida law.

(c)

The person who owns or possesses a dog within the unincorporated area of the county shall, at all times, have available for inspection an official health certificate of the dog. As used in this section the term "official health certificate" means a certificate signed by a veterinarian licensed by the state which shows the age, sex, breed, description and health record of the dog, and which shall list the date of all vaccines by type and lot number administered by a licensed veterinarian to the dog and shall state that the animal has no contagious or infectious disease.

(Ord. No. 89-8, §§ 1, 2, 7-17-89; Ord. No. 06-13, § 1, 6-19-06)