Florida
HEALTH OFFICIALS ISSUE RABIES ALERT
HEALTH OFFICIALS ISSUE RABIES ALERT
Media contact:
Wendi Jackson, Public Info Specialist
chd64pio@flhealth.gov
Port Orange, Fla. – The Florida Division of Well being in Volusia County has issued a rabies alert for the South-Jap parts of Port Orange. That is in response to a cat that examined constructive for rabies June 8.
All residents and guests in Volusia County ought to be conscious that rabies is current within the wild animal inhabitants and home animals are in danger if not vaccinated. The general public is requested to keep up a heightened consciousness that rabies is energetic in Volusia County. Alerts are designed to extend consciousness to the general public, however they need to not get a false sense of safety to areas that haven’t been named as underneath an alert.
The current rabies alert is for 60 days. The middle of the rabies alert is between Harbor Street and N. Dixie Freeway in Port Orange, and contains the next boundaries
- Jap boundary, Halifax River water physique
- Northern Boundary, Rose Bay water physique
- Southern Boundary, Spruce Creek water physique
- Western Boundary, Florida East Coast Railroad tracks
An animal with rabies might infect different wild or home animals that haven’t been vaccinated in opposition to rabies. All home animals ought to be vaccinated in opposition to rabies and all wildlife contact ought to be averted, notably raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats, and coyotes. Rabies is a illness of the nervous system and is deadly to heat blooded animals and people. The one therapy for human publicity to rabies is rabies particular immune globulin and rabies immunization. Acceptable therapy began quickly after the publicity, will shield an uncovered particular person from the illness.
Residents and guests are suggested to take the next precautions:
- Preserve rabies vaccinations updated for all pets.
- Preserve your pets underneath direct supervision so they don’t encounter wild animals. In case your pet is bitten by a wild animal, search veterinary help for the animal instantly and phone Volusia County Sheriff’s workplace non-emergency line at (386) 239-VCSO.
- Name your native animal management company to take away any stray animals out of your neighborhood.
- Don’t deal with, feed, or unintentionally entice wild animals with open rubbish cans or litter.
- By no means undertake wild animals or convey them into your own home.
- Educate kids by no means to deal with unfamiliar animals, wild or home, even when they seem pleasant.
- Forestall bats from coming into residing quarters or occupied areas in houses, church buildings, faculties, and different comparable areas, the place they may encounter individuals and pets.
- Individuals who’ve been bitten or scratched by wild or home animals ought to search medical consideration and report the harm to the Florida Division of Well being in Volusia County at (386) 274-0634.
For additional info on rabies, go to http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/rabies/index.html.
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