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> In the province of La Mar.
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29/11/2018
A total of 11,352 production animals were vaccinated against rabies. This campaign, promoted by the National Agricultural Health Service (SENASA), took place in the districts of Anco, Chilcas, Chungui, Luis Carranza, Oronccoy, San Miguel and Tambo, in the province of The Mar.
At the same time, 25 control activities of the blood-sucking bat or common vampire population (the main transmitter and reservoir of this disease for livestock) were conducted at strategic points in the Torobamba River Basin, which groups together endemic to La Mar.
During the first and second phase of the anti-rabies vaccination, 454 livestock producers and persons were trained in the recognition of the disease and the importance of the application of rabies vaccines as a control measure. regular prevention.
In addition, it is the beneficiaries who are the strategic partners for disease control, since they identify the shelters and report the increase in vampire bites in their properties if they are attacked.
It should be noted that rabies is an extremely lethal disease caused by a virus that affects domestic and wild animals, including humans (zoonosis), by contact with infected saliva from a sick animal by bite or scratch.
SENASA recommends that in case of death of animals suspected of rabies, the owners immediately inform the office of the nearest health authority and do not slaughter nor consume the corpse d & # 39; 39, an animal with these symptoms.
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