Re: Rabies in horses

["Joan Ruprecht" <ruprecht@tidepool.com>]

Well said, as a Public Health Microbiologist who has tested numerous cases
rabid animal, I commend you for you comments.

Joan Ruprecht, still in the REDWOODS
-----Original Message-----
From: MBlanchrd@aol.com <MBlanchrd@aol.com>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 9:03 PM
Subject: RC: Rabies in horses


>Hi, campers,
>
>No, you don't need to be bitten to contract rabies, contact with the saliva
>will do just fine, especially if it then comes in contact with an open sore
>or you get some saliva in any of the many mucous membranes of your body
>(nose, eyes, mouth.....how many times have you unconsciously picked a horse
>hair out of your mouth after putting the bit in his...see??).(nope. rinsing
>with Listerine won't help.)
>
>Rabies is nothing to mess about with. ALL my mammals, even the inside ones,
>get rabies boosters every year. Rabid animals seldom act in that
>stereotypical "foaming at the mouth and maniacal rages" act....a skunk can
be
>rabid as hell and sit, calmly eating cat food in your barn right alongside
>your barncats, and you'll never know it. He can nip one of your horses on
his
>way out, and now your horse is rabid, and how do you know? You don't.
>ANY mammal can carry rabies. Not just coons, dogs or skunks..but voles,
rats,
>'dillos, possum, deer, yes, even humans. Edgar Allen Poe is said to have
died
>from rabies.
>Dying from rabies is exceptionately painful, and it takes it's time.
There's
>no cure for it. Though I'm not a big fan of injecting my horse with
>everything, a rabies shot/booster is ALWAYS  the first on the list. (second
>one is tetanus.)
>
>Michelle
>MBlanchrd@aol.com
>
>
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