Sentences with phrase «rabid cats found»
They were far from the university but were the first rabid cats found in Orange since 1982.
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The Osceola County Health Department has found a rabid raccoon in the Narcoossee area of Jack Brack Road.The health department will monitor the area for all free - roaming cats and dogs and capture and hold them until they are vaccinated for rabies.Owners of any captured animals will have to pay fees for vaccination, room and board as well as a fine for violating the county's leash law.Residents should be careful about petting an unfamiliar cat or dog in the area and should be wary of any wild animals that approach them, the Health Department says.
In February, UCF officials feared the wild cats would be susceptible to rabies after a rabid bat was found on campus.
But Don Westfall, manager of Orange County's animal control department, said three rabid cats were found in the county during the last four months of 1988.
A rabid animal still could be found, so people should avoid the 100 to 150 stray cats still roaming the neighborhood east of South Orange Blossom Trail, said Don Westfall, county animal control manager.
Of the 32 instances of rabid cats in the U.S. reported by ProMed since 2005, 11 involved feral cats, and several others involved found kittens [and] cats of indeterminate status, but none were part of a neuter return / program.»
A new study (2016) found that cats overdue on their rabies vaccine often still had a high antibody titer and did not need to be quarantined or euthanized if exposed to a rabid animal.
A rabid bat was found in a Lane County home, exposing a human and possibly cats whose rabies vaccination status is unknown.