Tompkins County Health Department: Rabies Control

Tompkins County Health Department: Rabies Control The Tompkins County Health Department Center for Rabies Control investigates exposures and provides vaccinations for dogs and cats to prevent human rabies.

Rabies is a viral infection that is fatal to humans. The rabies virus is contained in the saliva and nervous tissue of rabid animals. Prevent rabies by avoiding exposure or by completing post-exposure treatment should an exposure occur. Human post-exposure treatment consists of a dose of rabies immune globulin administered as soon as possible (day 0). The first of five doses of rabies vaccine is g

iven at the same time, with the remaining injections given on days 3, 7, 14, and 28 following the initial injection. For more information on rabies, or if you think you have been exposed to rabies, please visit the following websites:
http://www.tompkins-co.org/health/eh/neighborhood/rabies.htm
http://www.wadsworth.org/rabies

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55 Brown Road
Ithaca, NY
14850

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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