Six people treated after exposure to horse with rabies
Six people are receiving precautionary handling inwards Georgia subsequently exposure to a Equus caballus suffering from rabies.
The manager of environmental wellness for the North Georgia Health District, Raymond King, said a Equus caballus located inwards a pasture side past times side to the Dalton Municipal Airport, inwards Whitfield County, was diagnosed amongst rabies past times the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.
The 6 people beingness treated had recent contact amongst the saliva or mucus of the horse, he said. They are receiving post-exposure rabies treatments through expanse hospitals.
King said the Equus caballus started to exhibit possible symptoms on June nine as well as was examined past times several people, including veterinarians, during the calendar week earlier beingness taken to the University of Georgia Veterinary College for farther exam as well as testing.
It is non known how the Equus caballus became infected, only populace wellness officials state that it was most probable from a rabid wildlife such every bit a raccoon, fox, skunk, bat, coyote or bobcat. The rabies virus is ever acquaint to about extent inwards such wildlife populations.
Horses as well as cattle inwards the same pasture amongst the Equus caballus are beingness given the rabies vaccine as well as are beingness observed for the side past times side 6 months.
Rabies is an nearly invariably fatal astute viral encephalon infection that is spread past times the virus-laden saliva of a rabid fauna through a seize amongst teeth or scratch.
Infections hand off real rarely through contact amongst saliva, amongst a fresh suspension inwards the peel or amongst intact mucous membranes.
Airborne spread has been demonstrated inwards a cave where bats were roosting as well as inwards a laboratory setting, only this method of infection is extremely rare.
In the United States, human deaths from rabies are uncommon – solely ane or 2 a year. Most of these deaths conduct maintain been associated amongst exposure to bats.
Any contact amongst a bat, or fifty-fifty finding ane inwards the bedchamber inwards the morning, should survive considered rabies exposure.
In wild animals, to a greater extent than than eighty per cent of all positive laboratory cases inwards Georgia as well as the US are from raccoons.
All mammals are susceptible to rabies only to varying degrees. Mammals such a rodents, opossums as well as rabbits nearly never teach infected or spread the disease.
Pet as well as livestock owners are reminded that rabies vaccinations are available from veterinarians as well as are easy, security as well as effective.
A vaccinated pet is a barrier betwixt rabies inwards wild animals as well as families, King said.
Children should never to pet whatever wild mammal or stray Canis familiaris or cat, as well as they should survive encouraged to written report whatever seize amongst teeth or scratch to their parents.
Rabid wild animals oft look to survive tame or sick. Any seize amongst teeth from a mammal should survive washed amongst lather as well as rinsed for several minutes amongst build clean H2O followed past times immediate medical attention.
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