Mackay City Hall

To continue protecting your dog or cat and the entire household from rabies, a zoonosis (a disease transmitted from animals to humans), you need to pay attention to your vaccination schedule. National Animal Rabies Vaccination Day, an annual campaign organized by the Ministry of Health, will be on September 23. The Municipal Health Department, through the special coordination of Environmental Health Surveillance (Cevas), will provide ten vaccination tents in the neighborhoods as well as in the mountainous area of ​​Mackay, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This vaccine is an annual dose. Animals vaccinated in the municipal campaign conducted from April to May this year do not need a booster dose. The rabies vaccine is available year-round at UBS Animal, located in the Latiff Mussi Rocha Exhibition Park, in Rodovia Amaral Peixoto (RJ-108), in the São José do Barreto neighborhood, as well as in the Serrana district of Macaé. In addition, Cevas has 120 street agents, also working in activities, such as Cevas Itinerante, which takes the rabies vaccine and other services provided by the sector to the city’s neighborhoods in phases.

Dogs and cats can now be vaccinated from six months old. It is not recommended to use the fortifier for very weak sick animals. In this case, the veterinarian can be consulted in Sivas by calling 0800-022-6461, or at the exhibition park. It is recommended that dogs be kept on a collar and leash, and cats in appropriate cages or beanbags. Dogs with an aggressive temperament should be muzzled. It will be the owner who will keep the animal for vaccination and must ensure the safety of the Cevas agent.

“We vaccinate 20,000 to 22,000 animals a year and have never had any problem due to a reaction to the vaccine. It is very difficult for an animal to show any reaction. But vomiting can be considered a normal reaction. If there is any other reaction, the owner can inform Your veterinarian by calling 0800. Rabies vaccination is a measure by the Ministry of Health to control this zoonotic disease, which has already been eliminated by vaccination and which can be fatal to humans. A rabies vaccination certificate is required for travel by means of transportation. Public transportation with the animal to other states,” highlights the coordinator of SEFAS, Flavio Muniz.

Vaccination points
There will be a vaccination tent at Praça Arlindo Mourão, Aroeira; In the position of Family Health Strategy (ESF), Assistant; At Prasa Washington Louise, Centro; At Lagomar Football Stadium, near UPA; On a soccer field in the Falkland Islands; At Novo Horizonte Football Stadium; In the main square of Parque Aeroporto; At Colégio Coquinho, Praia Campista, and at Praça Santo Antônio, Visconde de Araújo. In Serra Macaense, the tent will be in the central square of the Glicério area.