Hillsborough County, FL – The Florida Section of Well being in Hillsborough County issued a rabies notify for the spot bordering Isabel Avenue. This is in response to a cat that analyzed positive on 2/15/2023 (Description: Domestic Shorthaired Gray).
All residents and people in Hillsborough County must be conscious that rabies is present in the wild animal population and domestic animals are at chance if not vaccinated. The community is asked to retain a heightened consciousness that rabies is active in Hillsborough County. Alerts are made to increase consciousness to the public. You should be conscious that rabies routines can also occur outside the alert place.
This rabies warn is for 60 times. The heart of the rabies alert is at Isabel Avenue, Gibsonton, FL 33534 and contains the following boundaries in Hillsborough County:
North – Nundy Avenue
East – North Avenue
South – Kracker Avenue
West – The Kitchen area Character Preserve/Tampa Bay
Anyone who has been bitten, scratched, or uncovered to the saliva of this cat is asked to report the exposure to DOH-Hillsborough.
An animal with rabies could infect domestic animals that have not been vaccinated against rabies. All domestic animals must be vaccinated versus rabies and all wildlife speak to should really be avoided, notably raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats, and coyotes. Rabies is a illness of the nervous procedure and is deadly to warm blooded animals and humans. The only remedy for human exposure to rabies is rabies specific immune globulin and rabies immunization. Appropriate treatment started before long soon after the exposure will defend an exposed person from the ailment.
Residents and guests are suggested to take the adhering to safeguards:
Maintain rabies vaccinations up to day for all animals and at-danger livestock.
Assistance animal management in endeavours to lessen feral and stray animal populations.
Spay or neuter your animals to aid reduce the variety of unwelcome pets that could not be adequately cared for or routinely vaccinated.
Do not handle, feed, or unintentionally entice wild animals with outdoor food items sources this kind of as uncovered trash or litter.
Never ever undertake wild animals or provide them into your house.
Teach small children never to manage unfamiliar animals, wild or domestic, even if they seem welcoming.
Prevent bats from coming into residing quarters or occupied areas in homes, church buildings, universities, and other identical regions, where by they may possibly appear in get in touch with with people today and animals.
People who have been bitten or scratched by wild or domestic animals need to request health-related attention and report the injuries to the DOH- Hillsborough at 813-559-4339.
For further more data on rabies, pay a visit to FloridaHealth.gov or call the Florida Division of Wellness in Hillsborough County at (813) 559-4339, or Hillsborough County Pet Useful resource centre at (813) 744-5660.
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