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Hospital Veterinário de Brasília will open an action that will last twelve weeks throughout the DF. The goal is to vaccinate 80% of the population of dogs and cats
The Federal District will make this Thursday (28) and Friday (29), the opening of the Anti-Rabbi Animal Campaign of 2018 at the Veterinary Hospital of Brasília. The action was launched three weekends at fixed stations in the city, but this year is expected to last 12 weeks and extend until September 29th.
According to the Under Secretary of Health Surveillance, Marcus Quito, the changes have been adopted because the number of animals immunized has decreased over the past nine years. "We want to have more access and give more opportunities to people to vaccinate their animals."
Another novelty is that the campaign will be traveling, which will allow the population to vaccinate pets on working days. "Our teams are going with environmental safety vehicles from the Ministry of Health to visit places like condominiums," said the director of environmental health monitoring portfolio, Rafael Almeida.
About 500 employees of the Health and Environmental Secretariats, the Brasília Environmental Institute (Ibram), the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Emater) and the university veterinarians will be moving in the DF to vaccinate animals.
"If a family can not access the roaming service, we will keep three weekends in physical positions," said Almeida.
The physical stations will be present on the weekend of July 21st and September 29th in the urban areas. On August 25, the service will be in rural areas.
It is planned to publish 80 posts every weekend. The sites will be posted on the Ministry of Health website the previous days.
It is expected that 80% of the population of dogs and cats – about 270,000 – will be vaccinated. The percentage is what is needed to create a barrier against the spread of the disease in humans.
History of rabies in Brasilia
According to a statement issued by the Department of Health, rabies is controlled in the Federal District, but the vaccine is needed because it is the only form of prevention.
The only case of disease in humans occurred in 1978, but there was widespread infection in dogs and cats in 2000 and 2001.
The virus is 100% lethal to humans and has, as a primary means of transmission, the bite of animals, especially dogs and cats.
Among the symptoms of the disease in dogs are:
- Aggression, with attempts to bite people, animals and objects
- Sadness, with the search for dark places
- Change of heart rhythm
- Excessive salivation, with open mouth constantly
- Refusal of food and water due to difficulty swallowing, with gagging
- Loss of motor coordination
- convulsions
- Paralysis on the hind legs
- Total paralysis
If there is suspicion that the animal has the disease, it should not be sacrificed. The orientation is to leave you in observation for ten days in a safe place, in order to avoid attacks on people or other insects.
If observation is not possible, she should be referred to the Environmental Health Monitoring Kennel, Ministry of Health, in the Northwestern Collective Housing Sector 4.
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