Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental veterinary offices both wanted to be rabies-free and to achieve the global strategic plan to end human deaths from dog mediated rabies by 2030.
They even planned to intensify their campaigns on pet vaccination in all city and province’ barangays after they received 1,500 vials of anti-rabies vaccine from the Northern Mindanao agriculture department on Friday.
Like the global strategic plan to end human deaths from dog mediated rabies, the two veterinary offices have also geared to achieve it by 2030.
In line with this year’s upcoming celebration of the World Rabies Day, boxes of vaccine were handed over by DA-10 administrative and finance division chief Lester A. Jaducana on behalf of regional executive director Carlene C. Collado.
The city’s veterinary office received 700 vials (7,000 doses); while the provincial veterinary office received 800 vials (8,000 doses), which are seen to benefit dog owners in the city and the different towns of Misamis Oriental.
With the government’s free anti-rabies vaccines and intensive information education campaign, “We hope to achieve zero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies in the province and Cagayan de Oro City by 2030,” said Misamis Oriental provincial veterinarian Dr. Benjamin S. Resma.
Resma recognized DA’s continuous support in eradicating rabies cases in the city and the province.
Resma said that as there is an increasing COVID-19 positive case, the provincial official noted, they have temporarily stopped their on-field vaccinations in all cities and towns of the province adhering to safety protocols.
The veterinary offices usually do a thorough door-to-door vaccination to ensure that all dogs will be vaccinated.
DA-Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has an annual allocation of the vaccine as part of its annual WRD observance, held every September 28, according to DA-RFO 10 integrated laboratory division veterinarian Dr. Oryza Kristy B. Baylo said, the
“Each vial of the vaccine consists of 10 doses of anti-rabies, which is good for ten dogs,” Dr. Baylo explained. (Angie Cabig and EMBentulan/DA-10)
