{"id":6403,"date":"2024-07-23T08:52:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/blue-ridge\/?page_id=6403"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:38:12","slug":"information-for-veterinarians","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/blue-ridge\/information-for-veterinarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Information for Veterinarians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Staff that regularly interact with animals are advised to receive the Rabies Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Vaccination Series.\u00a0 For further information see link to Virginia Guidelines for Rabies Prevention and Control listed below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you or a staff member have been exposed to an animal or you suspect an animal may have been exposed to rabies, please contact your local animal control and local health department.\u00a0 Please contact your local animal control and health department offices listed below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/03\/Virginia-Guidelines-for-Rabies-Control-and-Prevention.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">Virginia Guidelines for Rabies Prevention and Control<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/rabies\/hcp\/prevention-recommendations\/post-exposure-prophylaxis.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">CDC &#8211; Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Weekends and Nights &#8211; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Local Animal Control<\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/196\/How-to-Contact-Us-1-1.docx\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">EH office<\/span> <\/span>Contacts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff that regularly interact with animals are advised to receive the Rabies Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Vaccination Series.\u00a0 For further information see link to Virginia Guidelines for Rabies Prevention and Control listed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6403","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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