rabies, bats(chiropterans),geoprocessing,vaccination.

The rabies is one of the  zoonoses with highest impact in  public  and animal health due to the high letality and costs necessary to human prophylaxis. Nowdays the reintroduction risk of the rabies vírus in urban centers arise with  the presence of infected bats whom can transmit the vírus to domestic animals and humans. This current epidemiologic scenario of the rabies has been observed in Salvador with the record of many cases of infected bats during the last years, wich results in the need  of avaliation  the current methodology applied in campaigns of animal  anti-rabies vaccination optimizing the vacination coverage of canine and feline population in municipality. The presente study aims to generate spacialized informations about the best distribution of the vaccination posts, possible uncovered and risk áreas in addition review the vaccination coverage of dogs and cats in the year of 2017 in Salvador/BA. Until the current stage of this study three maps of Kernel density were produced about the populacional concentration and the localization of the vaccination posts in seven sanitary districts  ofSalvador referring to anti-rabies campaign of 2017.Until the end of the project  we will finish the analysis in thw whole municipality and we will inlcude  ambiental and socieconomic factors with the aim to test possible indicators to the improvement of the  control of the  canine and feline rabies in the municipality.