Juarez

Juarez City.- The Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez (UACJ) represented by 160 university students from the Zootechnician Veterinary Medical Program, participates in the Anti-Rabies Vaccination Day that is currently taking place in the city, it was reported through a press release.

Thanks to these vaccination campaigns for dogs and cats that have been carried out in the region, rabies has been eradicated for 35 or 40 years, said teacher Víctor Manuel Alonso Mendoza, coordinator of the Zootechnical Veterinary Medicine career at said house of studies.

He indicated that the goal is to apply the vaccine to 88 thousand dogs and cats during this campaign, which takes place from May 8 to 12.

The vaccination campaign is organized by the Ministry of Health, through the Entomological Research and Bioassay, Zoonoses and Vectors Unit and is supported by the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, through the Zootechnician Veterinary Medical Program, he said.

He reported that for this campaign 48 vaccination centers are being installed so that people can take their pets to be vaccinated and be protected against this disease.

He said that as a strategy of this campaign, the vaccination posts are installed in the peripheral areas of the city the first days and as progress is made in the application of the biological, the brigades are getting closer to the center of the city.

Vaccination posts are installed from 8:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon, reported teacher Alonso Mendoza.

Juarez City.- From May 8 to 12, the “Canine and Feline Vaccination Campaign 2023” will be carried out, against rabies, reported the State Health Secretariat.

“Roughly speaking, they will be in the Chaveña, Anapra, Obrera, División del Norte, Granja de Chapultepec and Infonavit Casas Grandes neighborhoods, and the entire southeast of the city. Be aware of the vaccination points for this day, since it is very important that you take your pets to be vaccinated,” said Manuel David Mejía Zúñiga, coordinator of Vectors and Zoonoses.

Mejía Zúñiga indicated that the Municipal Government collaborated with trucks to transport the staff team to apply the shields.

The coordinator of Vectors and Zoonoses, said that to date there have been no cases of this disease, and urged the population to take advantage of the application of biologists for their pets.

He added that for the application of the vaccine he will have support from Veterinary students from the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), and from the College of Veterinarians.

“This vaccination day has the collaboration of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez with the Veterinary career. Students of this degree will be supporting us together with local veterinary colleges, both the College of Small Species Veterinarians and the Mexican Association of Veterinary Doctors, and independent veterinarians also participate, ”he explained.