More than 55,000 people, mostly in Africa and Asia, die from rabies every year - a rate of one person every ten minutes.³

Vet Students

In conjunction with World Rabies Day, Merial partnered with Student AVMA chapters across the United States and the Caribbean on the One Health Challenge event. The goal of the national competition was to raise donations for the rabies prevention and education programs. Merial donated start-up funds and vaccines to participating veterinary schools that hosted benefit events, educational programs and vaccination clinics. The school that raised the most money would be awarded an on-site rabies symposium sponsored by Merial.
see photos from KSU event.

Kansas State University wins 2008 challenge!

In 2008, Kansas State University (K-State) veterinary students participated in a 5k/10k runs, children's activities and a rabies lecture to raise $2000 for rabies prevention and control programs in support of World Rabies Day. As the winner of the contest, K-State was awarded the Merial Rabies Symposium on their campus. The symposium – to be held on September 19, 2009 at the Alumni Center, Manhattan Kan. – will bring together veterinary students, faculty and practicing veterinarians to discuss the importance of rabies prevention and control at the global, national, state and local levels, as well as human and animal rabies epidemiology, rabies diagnosis and surveillance issues.



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