The Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Rabies symptoms may arise after a long symptomless period has followed the initial infection. Its symptoms arose only after the six-month quarantine was over. If an animal has adequate vaccine-induced antibodies, its immune system will prevent it from having rabies. If it can't have rabies then there is no need for it to be in quarantine.
Vaccination is the basis for modern rabies import controls.
Such controls are replacing long quarantines around the world because vaccination is effective where quarantine can fail. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food administers UK rabies import controls. A Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food public helpline is available to answer questions by telephone.