Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals | Bruce Greenstein, Secretary

  RABIES

Use of a Reduced (4-Dose) Vaccine Schedule for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis to 
Prevent Human Rabies

Contact Information for Ordering Rabies Vaccines

Specimen Collection Instructions for Large Animals

Bats and Rabies at Schools

Post-Exposure Protocol for Unvaccinated Dogs, Cats or Ferrets

        

                 Click on one of the following for more information:

Rabies in Arkansas 2013

Fact Sheet: Rabies in Louisiana                     Louisiana Annual Report

Rabies Compendium 2011 - MMWR               Map of Animals Positive - Louisiana, 1996-2007
        
Rabies Bite Report - Form   

Rabies Information (Infectious Disease Epidemiology Manual) 

Title 51 State Sanitary Code: Part III, Chapter 1 - The Control of Rabies

Human Rabies Prevention, United States, 2008 Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

      Links:


                OPH Laboratories
 
                Louisiana Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

                Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine

  

Primary Contact Information:

Veterinary Program: Gary A. Balsamo, DVM, MPH&TM
Address: 1450 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70112	Telephone: (504) 568-8315    1(800) 256-2748 Fax: (504) 568-8290 Email: gary.balsamo@la.gov