VN September 2023

September 2023 7  Dogs and cats younger than 12 weeks (three months) oldmay be vaccinated, but then you need to have them re-vaccinated at 12 weeks old and follow the booster guidelines as above.  Older dogs and cats that have never been vaccinated before can receive their first rabies vaccination at any age and they also require a booster vaccine between one to 12 months after the first vaccine. Thereafter, follow the booster guidelines as above. Article Figure 1: Distribution of rabies outbreaks in different species for the period of 2013-2022. Source DALRRD, Directorate Animal Health, Sub-Directorate Epidemiology. Figure 2: Confirmed human rabies cases for South Africa between 2019 and 21 July 2023. Source: Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, NICD