Follow leash laws when keeping pets and livestock safe on your property.

Rabies is preventable when treatment is given in a timely manner.

If bitten or scratched by a suspected rabid animal, immediately wash the wound with soap and water, seek medical attention, and promptly report the incident to Orange County Animal Services (407) 254-9150.

Avoid contact with all wildlife, especially feral cats, raccoons, bats and foxes.

Store garbage outdoors in covered containers to avoid attracting wildlife.

All animals and at risk livestock should have up-to-date rabies vaccines.

Residents and visitors are encouraged to take the following precautions: All pets should be vaccinated against rabies and contact with wildlife should be avoided, especially raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats and coyotes. Contact with feral cats, stray dogs and all wildlife, especially raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats and coyotes, should be avoided.Īn animal with rabies could infect pets that have not been vaccinated against rabies. Please note that rabies activities may also occur outside the alert zone. Appropriate treatment started soon after exposure will protect an exposed person from disease. The only treatment for human exposure to rabies is specific rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccination.

Rabies is a disease of the nervous system and is fatal in warming blooded animals and humans. If you or a member of your family has been bitten or scratched by an animal in the rabies awareness area or by an animal, you should seek medical advice immediately and contact Orange County Animal Services at (407) 254-9150. This awareness should also be extended to stray dogs and feral cats. AAll residents and visitors to campus should be aware that rabies is still present in the wildlife population. The public is encouraged to maintain heightened awareness.Ĭurrently, there are no confirmed cases of rabies on the UCF campus. In recent weeks, the DOH-Orange epidemiology program has been made aware of four separate events from individuals who came into close contact with raccoons on the campus of UCF.

ORLANDO, Florida – The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) publishes a rabies awareness for the main campus of the University of Central Florida (UCF) in East Orlando, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816.

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