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WVA Information: World Rabies Day
Posted by: JimEdwards on Sep 07, 2007 - 03:37 PM
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Dear Colleagues:
Today to recognize a serious and totally unacceptable problem, human rabies. Over 55,000 people, mostly children, die from rabies every year. Since most of this is from dog rabies, it is a preventable disease problem. There are excellent vaccines available to control dog rabies.
Elimination of human rabies transmission from the dog-to-dog rabies cycle has been accomplished in much of the world, but it still occurs in some large geographical areas. The veterinary medical profession has the prime responsibility to prevent human rabies, which has been accomplished in most of the developed countries. This can be done through organized community educational efforts, domestic animal vaccination programs and humane animal control procedures.
Veterinary medicine must undertake its responsibility to the global society, and actively support World Veterinary Day. The WVA is a partner with many other national, international professional and non-governmental organizations in this important, landmark day.
Dr Leon Russell, President
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