The Boston Public Health Commission reports that a cat acting oddly at 132 Glenway St. around 3:20 p.m. on Monday has tested positive for rabies.

The commission says a concerned resident call Boston Animal Control, which took the unneutered orange-and-white domestic-shorthair male cat to Angell Animal Hospital for evaluation and testing - which showed the cat had rabies.

The commission is asking anyone who might recognize the cat - or who sees any "wild or unknown domestic animal that appears to be sick, injured, or behaving oddly," to call Boston Animal Care and Control at: 617-635-5348 - or to contact 311.

"We also urge that if you have been in contact with a cat matching this description in the past 21 days or after the Thanksgiving holiday, especially if you’ve been bitten or scratched, please call the Boston Public Health Commission’s Infectious Disease Bureau at 617-534-5611 and your healthcare provider as soon as possible to report the exposure and obtain treatment if deemed appropriate. Rabies is a medical urgency. Decisions should not be delayed."

People who have been confirmed with rabies can be treated with a course of five shots over 14 days. Without treatment, the disease is usually fatal.

The commission adds that owners of cats, dogs and ferrets are required to get their pets annual rabies shots.

More on rabies.