JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health in Duval County issued a rabies alert Thursday, following the invention of a rabid cat within the Town Center and UNF space of Jacksonville’s Southside.
The rabies alert extends south by Old Canal Road, north by Blue Stream Drive, west of the Interstate 295 East beltway and east by Cedar Swamp Creek.
Health officers urge pet house owners to make sure that pets obtain all rabies immunization pictures as rabid wild animals can infect animals that haven’t been vaccinated.
Rabies is a illness of the nervous system and might be deadly to warm-blooded animals and folks. The solely therapy for human publicity to rabies is rabies-specific immune globulin and rabies immunization.
DOH suggests to comply with these tricks to keep protected:
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Keep rabies vaccinations updated for all pets
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If your pet is bitten by a wild animal, search veterinary help for the animal instantly and speak to the Florida Department of Health in Duval County at (904) 253-1280.
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Call your native animal management company to take away any stray animals out of your neighborhood.
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Do not deal with, feed, or unintentionally entice wild animals by leaving pet meals outdoors, or rubbish cans open.
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Never undertake wild animals or convey them into your home.
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Teach youngsters by no means to deal with unfamiliar animals, wild or home, even when they seem pleasant.
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Prevent bats from coming into dwelling quarters or occupied areas in houses, church buildings, colleges, and different related areas, the place they could are available in contact with folks and pets.
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Persons who’ve been bitten or scratched by wild or home animals ought to search medical consideration and report the damage to the Florida Department of Health in Duval County at (904) 253-1280.
For extra data, Floridahealth.gov.
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