Both Tampa and St. Petersburg set records for consecutive days in which the high temperature did not reach 60 Â°F (16 Â°C), and Tampa experienced ten consecutive days with a low temperature below freezing. Much of the area received a wintry mix of rain, sleet, and possibly a few snowflakes on January 9â10.
Consider, also, that while our government may require rabies vaccines every three years for the protection of public health, individual veterinarians may exempt some petsââtemporarily, at leastââon the basis of their compromised health.
Persons in the frequent-risk category should have a serum sample tested for rabies antibodies every 2 years and, if the titer is less than complete neutralization at a 1:5 serum dilution by RFFIT, should have a booster dose of vaccine.reexposure vaccination should be offered to persons in high-risk groups, such as veterinarians, animal handlers, wildlife officers in areas where animal rabies is enzootic, certain laboratory workers, and persons spending time in foreign countries where rabies is endemic.