Provides a wide variety of services essential to the health and well-being of all Genesee County Residents. Service areas include public water supply protection, community sanitation and food protection, private water and sewage disposal systems, realty subdivision plan review, public health nuisances, residential lead investigations, chemical emergencies, rabies investigations, and enforcement of both the Adolescent Tobacco Use and Prevention Act (ATUPA) and the NYS Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA). The Environmental Health division also operates multiple anti-rabies immunization clinics annually to administer vaccines to domestic animals, including cats, dogs, and ferrets, in order to reduce the spread of the potentially life threatening disease.

* Provides rabies prevention including pet vaccination clinics.

* Assists with the treatment of rabies by administering follow up injections of the vaccination in the weeks following exposure. Initial treatment must take place in a hospital emergency room.

Pet spay neuter assistance for local residents who are having financial difficulties

Services include child and adult immunizations, tuberculosis screening, confidential HIV testing and counseling, STD testing and treatment, birth control options (including IUDs), emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, pregnancy options counseling, breast exams, and pap smears. ##REENTRY##

Through enforcement, education, and other disease prevention activities, is responsible for the following health programs: Rabies Prevention: Conducts investigations of domestic animal bites and scratches and wildlife encounters between people and/or their pets. Fee Rabies Vaccination Clinics for dogs, cats, and ferrets. Rodent Control: Responds to service requests regarding rodent infestations for properties that are 4 unit residences or less which are not part of an apartment complex or commercial property. Public Health Nuisance Complaints (Public Health Nuisance = anything dangerous to human life or detrimental to health): Conducts investigations of complaints such as, but not limited to: properties that have rodent infestations, improperly stored garbage, junk and debris, improper bird and wildlife feeding, dog feces not cleaned up and disposed of properly. Arbovirus Prevention (Arbovirus = viruses transmitted by bloodsucking arthropods such as ticks, fleas, or mosquitoes): Conducts investigations of complaints such as standing water, improperly maintained swimming pools, and other man made containers that hold water and create mosquito harborage. Neighbor Notification Law: Enforces this local law regarding the use of certain lawn pesticides; see website for more information.

Takes in stray, abandoned, and abused animals, assists with complaints of domestic animals which have attacked people or other animals. Also offers the opportunity for people to adopt a pet.

Offers courses Veterinary Assistant I & II. Meet with our Employment Center counselors to view job postings in Long Island veterinary practices and animal hospitals. Call for more detailed information.

Provides full service veterinary emergency and critical care. Serves local veterinarians for patients' emergency needs.

Services include adoptions(donation) accepts unwanted dogs/cats(donation). Also provides educational programs to schools, educating children and adults on responsible pet ownership and organizing spay/neuter services and events. Call for more information.

Provides information about Rabies and how to prevent an infection in both animals and people. Also offers rabies vaccination clinics in various locations throughout the county.

DBCH offers information and public awareness of rabies. Also provides the preventive vaccines for domestic pets, and post exposure vaccines to people. If anyone suspects an animal is rabid, contact the Department of Health or the local police department immediately.

Provides a rescue service. Offers free spaying and neutering for animals adopted from agency. Offers senior citizens age sixty or older free matching service with older pets (cats and small dogs over five, large dogs over three). Provides these older adopted pets with free medical care, annual vaccinations, and other benefits.

Environmental Health works to ensure the safety of the public in a wide range of areas, such as rabies control, safe drinking water, sanitary food and restaurant conditions, etc.

Pre- and post-exposure vaccine available along with follow-up and guidance. Provides clinics for vaccination against rabies for dogs, cats, and ferrets held quarterly. Also provides information and education on rabies prevention.

Houses stray dogs and cats while attempting to find adoptive homes for them. Investigates complaints of dangerous animals. Offers low cost spaying and rabies program.

Offers domestic pet services such as adoption, spay/neutering and vaccination clinic

Inspects local restaurants, public swimming pools, children's camps, tests drinking water, investigates animal bites and vaccinates pets.

Offers an animal shelter, takes donations for animal related goods, provides volunteer opportunities for people who love animals. Adoptions also available. Humane Law enforcement accepts and responds to reports of animal abuse and neglect. Spay/Neuter services available check website for details or call.

Offers EMERGENCY veterinary services and continuous care for injured and critically ill animals. Also provides prompt relief of non-life threatening ailments and injuries.