Sunday, February 12, 2012

Fwd: Fw: Animal Rabies Cases - Central Texas - Annual Summary 2011



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From: "Baiocchi, Michelle" <Michelle.Baiocchi@austintexas.gov>
To: Joseph & Michelle Baiocchi <jsanjen@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thu, February 2, 2012 9:43:33 AM
Subject: FW: Animal Rabies Cases - Central Texas - Annual Summary 2011

 


From: Beverlee.Nix@dshs.state.tx.us [mailto:Beverlee.Nix@dshs.state.tx.us]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 1:27 PM
Subject: Animal Rabies Cases - Central Texas - Annual Summary 2011

This is being sent to the following individuals in Department of State Health Services Region 7 for whom I have E-mail addresses:

 

Animal control/ animal welfare personnel

Council of Government Directors and Planners

County Judges

Federal Parks & Lakes Directors

State Parks Directors

DSHS Media Contact Team

DSHS Rabies Biologicals Immunization and Pharmacy colleagues

DSHS Rabies Identification Team

DSHS Rabies Reporting Team

Individual Health Care Providers

Infection Control Practitioners

Local Health Department Directors

Local Health Department Health Educators

Local Health Department Epi Contact Personnel

Local Health Department PIOs (public info officers)

Local Health Department Public Health Educators

Local Health Authorities

Military Veterinarian Contacts (Ft. Hood)

Preventive Medicine Group (Ft. Hood)

Region 7 Epidemiology Program

Region 7 Nursing Teams

Sheriffs or their designees

Texas Agri-Life Extension Agents

Texas Animal Health Commission Area Directors

Texas Parks and Wildlife Commanders

Texas Wildlife Damage Management Directors

Trauma Service Area Coordinators

USDA Animal Care Inspectors

Veterinarians

Zoonosis Control staff statewide

Zoos

 

Attached please find an Adobe file (.pdf) summary of the animal rabies cases confirmed through laboratory testing from Health Service Region 7 (Central Texas) for 2011. A table of cases by county and species and a map of the distribution of the cases are included in the summary.

 

Please share this information within your community.

 

Special thanks to the animal control officers, peace officers and veterinarians who assisted our office with these rabies case investigations!

 

Thanks also to the Region 7 Zoonosis Control team of Kelly Andrews, Melissa Maass, and Leslie Platz who verified the data, created the rabies map and co-wrote this summary.

 

 

Beverlee E. Nix, DVM, MPH

Texas Department of State Health Services

Health Service Region 7

Zoonosis Control Program

2408 S. 37th Street

Temple, TX 76504

P – 254/ 778-6744

F – 254/ 773-9358

Email – beverlee.nix@dshs.state.tx.us




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