Rabies Vaccine Series - $300
Rabies Vaccine Series - You must be available all 3 days (1-3 pm)
Saturday May 17
Sunday May 25
Sunday June 15
Payment & Signup deadline – May 10th, 2025
Centre Wildlife Care is providing rabies vaccines for people
We invite anyone who wants to get rabies vaccines such as rehabilitators, volunteers, shelter workers, veterinary staff, pre-vet students or anyone who wants to get rabies vaccines. If you want to work with “rabies vectors” (raccoons, foxes, skunks, coyotes, bats & ground hogs) at a licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility, rabies vaccines are required in addition to RVS training. Rabies vaccines is typically not required to work with other species of wildlife at a wildlife center.
Centre Wildlife Care (CWC) is offering the pre-exposure rabies vaccine series and boosters…see dates below. You must be available for all three dates to get the pre-exposure vaccine.
Please don’t sign up for both the series and booster.
You MUST be available for all three dates and times to get the series. We split a vial among 9 people on each day and once the vial is reconstituted (mixed), it must be used right away.
Rabies Vaccine Booster - $100
Rabies boosters will be offered Sunday June 15th, 1-3 pm
Location: Port Matilda Sportsman club, 8413 S. Eagle Valley Rd, Port Matilda, PA
It is recommended to only get a booster if you have previously had rabies vaccines but a low titer. Most people don’t need to get a booster because rabies vaccines can provide protection (adequate titer) for decades.
Payment & Signup deadline – June 10th
More information
Who will be ordering and administering the rabies vaccine?
Scott Camazine MD will be ordering the vaccines.
Sue Ellen Grego RN and Terra Haines RN will administer the injections.
Special Note
The reason the vaccine is so inexpensive is because we split a 1 ml vial among 9 people by giving 0.1 cc ID (intradermal) instead of 1 cc IM (intramuscular) injection. This is considered off-label use, because we are splitting a single-use vial. Since this is off label use, it is important to get a followup titer at your doctor. See references below on use of intradermal vaccines.
Since we are providing Intradermal vaccines instead of Intramuscular, we are still doing the series of 3 vaccines. The recommendation of only 2 vaccines, for the pre-exposure series, is for intramuscular, not intradermal.
If you go to your doctor, the cost for rabies vaccines will probably be over $1000 for the series. Usually, insurance does not cover pre-exposure vaccines but will cover post exposure vaccines. CWC offers this opportunity to keep the cost down and for your convenience. And of course, we want our staff to have rabies vaccines.
Waiting List & Cancelations
We will keep a waiting list for anyone that expresses interest after the deadline and we will try to accommodate everyone. If you cancel, we can only refund your money if someone on the waiting list replaces your reservation. Remember we must order and pay for the vaccine in advance.
Rabies Titers are a must after getting this rabies vaccines
Everyone that gets the above series or booster should have a titer done at least 3 weeks after the last vaccine or booster especially for vet school. A titer is a blood draw to check and see if your level of antibodies to the rabies virus is adequate. A very small percentage of people do not obtain an adequate titer. Your family doctor should be able to order a rabies titer for you.
Wildlife rehabilitators (good idea for everyone) should get a titer done every 2 years. A titer is the only way to know if your antibodies to the rabies virus is adequate.
Your group can also send serum directly to the lab for titers: www.vet.ksu.edu/rabies
Contact Us
phone: 814-692-0004
email: centrewildlifecare@gmail.com
References
If you have a possible exposure to rabies
For assistance or guidance on human rabies exposure, call the health department.
877-PAHEALTH (available 24/7)
Rabies Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/prevention/index.html
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Information for Veterinarians
Effectiveness of Intradermal rabies vaccines
New mailing address
Centre Wildlife Care
156 Natural Way
Port Matilda, PA 16870
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