The national vaccination campaign against rabies, which began on August 11, arrives this weekend in the urban area of São João del Rei. Agents of the zoonoses sector of the municipality today, 1st, are distributed by 31 vaccination points throughout the city. The goal is to immunize 12,300 dogs and 1,300 cats, the vaccine is free.
Zoonoses hope to immunize 12,300 dogs – Photo: City of Vila Velha / Dissemination
According to the sector coordinator, Valdisnei Lopes, the campaigns in the city underwent changes to the original scheme released in early August. "Because of the financial crisis that the municipalities of Minas Gerais, including São João del Rei, are going through, we have changed our vaccination criteria to control expenditure." Before the vaccination from & # 39; the city took place, we split up and a part of the team will work in some neighborhoods only in the morning and on the other side, at the other locations in the afternoon, "he explains.
According to the new schedule, the agents will be in the following points from 8 o'clock: Pio XII, Lombão, Vila Santa Teresinha, Inocoop, Matosinhos, Vila Nossa Senhora de Fátima and Factories. Vaccinations take place until noon. At 13.00 hours the vaccinations come back to the following points: Factories, Caieira, Praça Pedro Paulo, Cohab, Recreation das Alterosas, Colonia da Marçal, Alto das Águas, Solar da Serra, Giarola, Jardim Aeroporto, Girassol and Maquiné. To view the exact vaccination sites, visit the Zoonoses SJDR profile on Facebook.
guidelines
Lopes, still guides in what ways the owners of the animals must take them to be vaccinated. "Big dogs must be collar and snout, even this is standard, even to go with them on the public road.We still ask that someone is present who can contain it in case of aggression, the little ones, would only with leash be present ". The coordinator also indicates that the cats have to be transported to the vaccination site, in the boxes, so that there is no leakage.
Street animals also have to be vaccinated in this way, including the cooperation of people who have more contact with them. "It is very important that animals that are left behind be immunized, we ask those people who have a greater contact with these animals and also try to take them", concludes the ZOZOOS coordinator of São João del-Rei, Valdisnei Lopes. .
disease
Rabies in animals is a viral disease and is characterized as an acute progressive encephalitis, in which the part of the central nervous system in the cavity of the skull is activated and the mortality is about 100%, considering rare cases of healing. The rabies virus in the saliva of the animal enters the body mainly through the corrosive and corrosive mucous membranes. Pollution can also occur through the exchange of secretions and blood contact. It is contagious to humans and can be transmitted by dogs, cats and wild animals, such as the bat. Today there are federal laws that say the owner of the animal must vaccinate his pets against rabies, because the treatment is prophylactic, that is, before the virus is present in the body.
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