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- From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Rabies (was raccoons and dogs :( )
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.135100.10125@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 13:51:00 -0600
- References: <1jrmarINNjc1@nigel.msen.com>
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- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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- In article <1jrmarINNjc1@nigel.msen.com>, dan@msen.com (Dan and Karen Sugalski) writes:
- > [ Article crossposted from rec.pets.dogs ]
- > [ Author was Ruth Ginzberg ]
- > [ Posted on 20 Jan 93 15:39:46 EDT ]
- >
- > This morning's paper carried a real downer of a story about a raccoon & a dog:
- > (in Cromwell, CT)
- ... Dog tried to chase raccoon off property. <Now, how many of
- > us have dogs who would do EXACTLY the same thing under the same circumstances,
- > huh?> Fight ensued. Raccoon bit dog. Neighbor shot raccoon. Sent raccoon to
- > state lab & it tested out positive for rabies. So now the Husky had to have a
- > booster rabies shot (even though his shots WERE up-to-date) and he has to be
- > quarantined for 90 days in order to watch him for any signs that he might be
- > developing rabies. Of course if he develops any signs of rabies he will have
- > to be killed.
-
- The reason for the second booster rabies was a (probably vain) hope that
- it would boost the dog's immune system enough to fight off the rabies
- virus (in case the first shots "didn't take").
-
- And in response to Karen's plea to keep shots up to date, I second that.
- Even if you don't live in Cromwell, CT. Story Co., Iowa, is one of the
- US rabies "hot spots", with an incredibly high number of cases reported
- each year, mainly in wild animals. One of the reasons that the rabies
- reports are so high there MAY be that there is a vet college and the
- National Animal Disease Lab there--- more people who recognize the disease
- in all forms.
-
- A rabies reminder: Rabies can infect virtually all mammals, and is often
- quite prevalent in skunk and racoon populations. There is a bait form
- of rabies vaccine being tested for wild animal vaccination (animal eats
- bait, gets vaccine dose), but I don't think it's been approved yet. So
- we're likely to see the current levels of rabies for quite some time.
-
- And yes, even species like horses and cows can get rabies if they are
- bitten by an infected animal.
-
- Dogs often get the "furious form" of rabies (the classic "mad dog" who
- bites everything and foams at the mouth, but many species, including cats,
- tend to get the "quiet form", where the animal tends to seek a quiet place
- to die. However, these animals will bite without much provocation, and
- they are just as rabid as the foaming-mouthed dog...
-
- Kay Klier Biology Dept UNI
-