Join us the week of April 21, 2013,
in promoting Rock County Rabies Prevention Awareness.
Let’s work together to make rabies history!
Rabies
threatens all family members, including pets.
The Rock County Health Department estimates as many as 60,000 dogs and cats in Rock County
Wisconsin, human population of 160,000, are
not vaccinated for rabies. What!? 60,000 animals!?
Why is this alarming?
Rabies is a, nearly
always fatal, viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite
of another rabid animal. The
devastating disease can be prevented almost 100% of the time with appropriate vaccination.
This underscores the critical need for
community members to take appropriate steps to prevent and control rabies.
It’s estimated that every year in Rock county
approximately 400 people are bitten
by animals and require attention from health care providers and follow up by
the Health Department to verify the risk of rabies exposure. In 2012, at least
four (4) people in Rock County were referred to health care providers for
rabies vaccination resulting from animal bites.
Since 2000, three (3) people have died of rabies in Wisconsin.
Although the majority of rabies cases
occur in wildlife, most humans are exposed to the virus as a result of an
encounter with an infected domestic animal. Keeping pets, including cats and
dogs, up-to-date on vaccinations, is a primary means of helping to prevent
rabies in humans and domestic animals.
Low Fee Rabies Vaccination Clinic
Saturday, April 27th from 1 - 4 PM
Rock County Fairgrounds
$10 (Cash Only)
