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• Poster Contest
Contest Information for the Rabies Awareness & Prevention Poster contest for K-8
• Facts
History and facts about rabies.
• Control
Rabies control in Texas, pamphlets and programs
• Exposure
Exposure and treatment of rabies in Texas.
• Bats
Rabies in bats.
• Skunks
Rabies in skunks.
• Rabies/La Rabia
Rabies educational document in English and Spanish.
• Prevention
Rabies prevention in Texas, pamphlets, programs, clinics and websites. Rabies Prevention in Texas includes sections on: rabies biologicals; management of biting animals; collection and submission of animal specimens for rabies testing at the DSHS laboratory in Austin; list of and contact information for DSHS-designated laboratories; management of domestic animals exposed to rabid animals; rabies postexposure prophylaxis for humans with a guide for determining if it is necessary, plus a list of and contact information for laboratories that provide RFFIT (rabies titer) testing; preexposure vaccination for humans; adverse reactions, precautions, and contraindications pertaining to rabies vaccine; distribution points for human rabies biologicals; and contact information for the Zoonosis Control Branch and Infectious Disease Control Unit.
• Facts of Interest Pertaining to Rabies (PDF)
8 things you may not know about rabies – but should
• The Many Faces of Rabies - Elsevier Connect
Categories of animals and types of behaviors associated with rabies
• Rabies: A Comprehensive Interview with Pamela Wilson
Podcast on various topics pertaining to rabies (podcast may be blocked by some networks)
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Other Useful Rabies Information.