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by hodie on 23 March 2008 - 23:03
RABIES, FOX - USA: (NEW MEXICO), ALERT
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Date: Thu 20 Mar 2008 [ProMED regrets the delay in posting]
Source: Carlsbad Current-Argus [edited]
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State officials warn of possible rabies in fox population
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In the wake of recent rabid fox incidents in Grant County (NM), state
officials are cautioning residents to take care when encountering
foxes. They also are reminding pet and livestock owners to vaccinate
their animals against the disease.
Tuesday [18 Mar 2008], a 19-year-old woman was attacked and bitten by
a fox near the Catwalk National Scenic Trail near Glenwood. The fox
ran away and could not be found. The woman said the fox had to be
kicked off her pant leg after it jumped up and bit her. She received
post-exposure rabies treatment as a precaution, according to
information from the Department of Game and Fish.
Monday [17 Mar 2008], a woman was walking her dog in Silver City when
a sick-looking fox approached the dog and hissed at it. The fox was
collected by a Game Department offic
by Nancy on 23 March 2008 - 23:03
Bummer for her about the bite , but it looks like New Mexico has it pretty light compared to much of the country in terms of rabid wild animals. Glad she is getting treatment.
http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/docs/rabies_surveillance_us_2006.pdf
by hodie on 23 March 2008 - 23:03
Yes, Nancy, rabies has been a really serious problem in some other states, especially in the east.
by Nancy on 24 March 2008 - 01:03
Yes, here In the Carolinas rabid animals are frequently encountered - the hair goes up on the back of my neck when I see a racoon staggering around in the middle of the day --- it is just a likely to be distimper but who wants to hang around to find out. When I was a teenager in Florida and worked summers at animal control we atumatically killed racoons that were brought in and sent the heads to the diagnostic lab because the incubation period for them is so long.
by hodie on 24 March 2008 - 02:03
Nancy,
I guess we all should be glad we don't live in China.....
But yikes, yes, if I saw a raccoon staggering around in the daytime, I would be very, very worried and heading the other way and fast! They are beautiful animals, but in my part of the country often have distemper epidemics and sometimes rabies too.
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