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Sunday, April 16, 2017
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SAN JOSE, Antique – As the province of Antique starts welcoming delegates to the 2017 Palarong Pambansa, Gov. Rhodora Cadiao urged dog owners to have their pets vaccinated against rabies.
The Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) Office vaccinates dogs against rabies for free.
The Palarong Pambansa from April 23 to 29 is expected to attract 15,000 people, including athletes and coaches, from different regions of the country.
Rabies is a human infection that occurs after a transdermal bite or scratch by an infected animal, like dogs and cats. It can be transmitted when infectious material, usually saliva, comes into direct contact with a victim’s fresh skin lesions.
Cadiao said the ProVet has received 4,000 vials of anti-rabies vaccines from the Department of Agriculture, which could vaccinate 40,000 dogs.
As of last week, athletic delegations from five regions were already in the province. They were from regions 5, 4-B, 10, 12 and 1.
According the Department of Health (DOH), rabies is considered to be a neglected disease, which is 100 percent fatal though 100 percent preventable. It is not among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the country but it is regarded as a significant public health problem because it is one of the most acutely fatal infection and it is responsible for the death of 200 to 300 Filipinos annually.
ProVet chief Dr. Romeo Magdatu earlier requested the vaccines from Agriculture assistant secretary Hansel Didulo so they could conduct massive dog vaccination.
DOH seeks to eliminate human rabies by the year 2020 and declare the Philippines rabies-free by the same year, too. (With a report from the Philippine News Agency/PN)
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