{"id":81,"date":"2021-09-20T13:41:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T17:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/animal-contact-human-health\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:29:16","slug":"virginia-guidelines-for-rabies-prevention-and-control","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/animal-contact-human-health\/rabies-control\/virginia-guidelines-for-rabies-prevention-and-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Guidelines for Rabies Prevention and Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-81\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-81-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-81-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-81-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/03\/Virginia-Guidelines-for-Rabies-Control-and-Prevention.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Virginia Guidelines for Rabies Control and Prevention<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Rabies References<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/Index.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Index to Rabies Related Sections of the Code of Virginia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/acip-recs\/hcp\/vaccine-specific\/rabies.html\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\"><em>Human Rabies Prevention - United States <\/em>(ACIP Recommendations)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/71\/wr\/mm7118a2.htm\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Use of a Modified Preexposure Prophylaxis Vaccination Schedule to Prevent Human Rabies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasphv.org\/documentsCompendia.html\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\"><em>Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasphv.org\/Documents\/RabiesVacCert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Rabies Certificate example, NASPHV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/common.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Commonly Asked Questions About Rabies for Animal Healthcare Providers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/Isolation-Pen-Examples.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Isolation Pen Examples<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Algorithms and Quick Reference Guides\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/DogCatFerret-exposure-decision-tree.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Dog Cat Ferret Exposed Decision Tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/LivestockExposure-decision-tree.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Livestock Exposed Decision Tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/DT-human.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Human Exposed to Domestic Animal or Livestock Decision Tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/alg-hu-rv-exp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Human Exposed to Wildlife Decision Tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/animal_expose.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Domestic Animal Rabies Exposure Quick Reference Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/quick-ref-flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Human Rabies Exposure Quick Reference Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/wildlife-pop-control.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Wildlife Population Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/02\/bat-capture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"pdf-download-warning\">Methods for Bat Exclusion and Capture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Guidelines for Rabies Control and Prevention Rabies References Index to Rabies Related Sections of the Code of Virginia Human Rabies Prevention &#8211; United States (ACIP Recommendations) Use of a Modified Preexposure Prophylaxis Vaccination Schedule to Prevent Human Rabies Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control Rabies Certificate example, NASPHV Commonly Asked Questions About Rabies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"parent":47,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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