Bovine rabies continues to be an important zoonosis. The occurrence of confirmed cases of the disease in the rural environment is a current public health problem, which is even more relevant when the cases of human rabies that occurred in the last few years are considered. The objective of the present project was to study the situation of bovine rabies in the municipality of Guaxupé-MG, on the basis of the presence of blood-sucking bats in the municipality, the level of knowledge of rural producers/employees about rabies, the vaccination against bovine rabies, the notification of cases of the disease to the "Instituto Mineiro Agropecuário" (IMA), and the confirmed cases of animal rabies. The methodology consisted of a survey of secondary data at IMA and at the Epidemiological Surveillance of the Regional Management of Alfenas-MG, to which the municipality of Guaxupé belongs, and the application of a questionnaire about bovine rabies to a sample of rural producers/employees of the municipality. The sample was stratified into two groups, with the questionnaire being applied to 35 small and medium-sized properties and to 05 large properties. According to IMA data, 34 laboratory exams for the diagnosis of rabies were performed during the period from 1999 to 2003. Of these, 10 were considered to be positive, 08 of them involving cattle and 02 involving horses. Regarding the knowledge of rural producers/employees about rabies, 74.3% were found to consider the veterinary to be an important source of information; 85% called a veterinary when an animal was sick, 97.5% were aware of the importance of vaccination, 72.5% indicated that increased animal salivation is a characteristic symptom of the disease, 58.3% indicated that carbuncle is a disease often confused with rabies, 90.0% stated that blood-sucking bats are the transmitters of the disease, 57.1% stated that they applied some type of product to bat bites, 92.5% stated that they were aware of the presence of bats on their property, 17.5% stated that they had a confirmed case of rabies on their property, 53% pointed out that coffee-drying barns are a shelter for bats, and 90% stated that they vaccinated the herd during vaccination campaigns. Regarding the data of Epidemiological Surveillance, 587 cases of aggression by animals occurred between 2000 and 2006 in the municipality of Guaxupé. Of these, 24.3% involved children up to 09 years of age, 91.5% occurred in the urban zone, 82.9% of the wounds were bites, 49.0% were in the hands, in 78.2% of cases the aggressing species was the canine one, and there was only one case of canine rabies with a laboratory diagnosis, plus 04 cases of animal rabies with a clinical diagnosis. These studies led to the conclusion that there still is the need to maintain all actions aiming at the control of rabies, especially vaccination, and that it is important to conduct awareness-raising work regarding cases of aggression by animals, especially dogs.