Re: RC: Re: Rabies Kills Horse In N.C.

[Lynn Kinsky <lkinsky@silcom.com>]

>In a message dated 1/7/00 6:32:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, celiak@pcrs.net
>writes:
>
><< I thought you could only contract rabies through a bite.
>
> How were they exposed?? >>
>
>It's been several years with my mare, and I got the story second hand, but if
>memory serves, it was either a fox bite or a skunk bite.
>
>BTW--because of reasonable compliance with canine vaccination laws and the
>increase in feral cat numbers, cats are quickly replacing dogs as the
>domestic animals most apt to have and pass rabies...
>
>Heidi

In this area bats also carry rabies, and we have plenty of skunks and
bats-- hence I make sure the vet gives a rabies shot with each horse's
spring shots.


Lynn Kinsky (Santa Ynez, CA)
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky








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