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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2208. Full title: DD Form 2208, Rabies Vaccination Certificate, May 2008. Function: Rabies Vaccination Certificate. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 1 pages and contains approximately 25 fillable fields.
Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 1. Owner's name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. Telephone number, include area code.
- 3. Address (number, street, city, state and zip code).
- 4.a. Animal's name.
- b. Microchip number(s). List all scannable microchips implanted in this animal.
- c. Species.
- d. Sex.
- e. Age.
- f. Weight.
- g. Predominant breed (followed by "mix" if not purebred).
- h. Color(s).
- 5. Vaccine. a. Producer (1st 3 letters of company name).
- b. Lot number.
- c. Expiration date of vaccine.
- d. Virus type (killed, modified live, recombinant).
- e. Administration site (location and method).
- 6. Vaccination. a. Rabies tag number.
- b. Date vaccinated.
- c. Vaccination duration (number of years).
- d. Date next rabies vaccination due.
- 7. Veterinarian. a. Name.
- b. License number (include two letter state of issuance).
- c. Signature.
- 8. Facility address (street, city, state, ZIP code).
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2208 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2208?
- DD Form 2208, Rabies Vaccination Certificate, May 2008
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?