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it being skunk season and with the mention of rabies, please note  
that skunks are the only mammals which are not killed by rabies.  
Don't pet skunks, they can bite. Other critters, you wait to see if  
they happen to have rabies b/f you begin treatment. with skunks, you  
just assume the have rabies and start treatment right away ... or so  
I've heard.

jt

On Aug 24, 2008, at 1:47 PM, firedancefarms wrote:

> Horse at US state fair dies of rabies
> - -------------------------------------
> A horse that attended the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia died of
> rabies, state health officials say. The Missouri Department of Health
> is notifying people who attended the state fair that the horse, which
> was stabled and shown at the fair, had the disease.
>
> "While there is little likelihood any visitor to the fair was exposed
> to rabies from this horse, public health officials are making this
> notification as a precaution," a spokesperson said.
>
> The horse originated from Missouri and was a 2-year-old bay gelding
> with a black mane, tail, and legs. It stood about 15 hands. During
> the fair, the horse was shown in the Saddlebred Show and was stabled
> in Barn C. "Illness was first noted in the horse on 17 Aug 2008," the
> spokesperson said. "Over the next day and a half, the horse developed
> severe neurologic signs and died the morning of 19 Aug 2008. The
> horse subsequently tested positive for rabies."
>
> People directly involved in the care of the horse are being contacted
> and are being assessed for possible rabies exposure and the need for
> rabies post-exposure treatment.
>
> State Public Health Veterinarian Howard Pue said: "Attending an event
> where a rabid animal was present or petting a rabid animal does not
> constitute a risk for transmission."
>
> Pue said rabies is transmitted mainly through bite wounds from an
> infected animal. In some cases, it may be transmitted through fresh
> open cuts in the skin or on to mucous membranes such as the eyes,
> mouth, or nose from the saliva of a rabid animal.
>
> The department says anyone who attended the fair between 7 Aug and 9
> Aug 2008 should contact their doctor if they possibly had contact
> with this horse and any of the following occurred during their visit
> to the fair:
> *  They were bitten by a horse;
> *  Had contamination of a fresh open wound with saliva from a  
> horse; or
> *  Had saliva from a horse come in contact with eyes, nose, mouth or
> other mucous membranes.
>
> Louise Burton
> Firedance Farms Endurance Arabians
> http://pages.prodigy.net/firedancefarms


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