{"id":102813,"date":"2019-04-17T10:26:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T14:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=102813"},"modified":"2019-04-17T10:25:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T14:25:13","slug":"feral-cat-tests-positive-for-rabies-in-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=102813","title":{"rendered":"Feral cat tests positive for rabies in Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rabies.jpg?resize=640%2C245&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rabies.jpg?w=757&amp;ssl=1 757w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rabies.jpg?resize=150%2C57&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rabies.jpg?resize=300%2C115&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rabies.jpg?resize=400%2C153&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Madison County Health Department announced a feral cat\ncollected in Sullivan tested positive for rabies. This is the first positive\nrabies of 2019. Two individuals were bitten by the feral cat and are undergoing\nrabies post-exposure treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cResidents should be on alert and play it safe and avoid\ncontact with wild animals and pets you don\u2019t know,\u201d said Environmental Health\nDirector Geoffrey Snyder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teach children to stay safe around animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be careful of pets that you do not know. If you see\na stray dog or cat, don\u00b4t pet it.<\/li><li>Never feed or approach a wild animal.<\/li><li>Supervise children while interacting with\nanimals.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steps to take after contact with animals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.<\/li><li>Immediately wash well any scratches or bites\nfrom an animal with soap and water. If you have a wound, see a doctor for\nmedical attention.<\/li><li>Report any incidents of animal scratches or\nbites to the Madison County Health Department.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rabies virus spreads through saliva or animal drool.\nRabies is not spread by blood, urine, feces or just by petting an animal with\nrabies. If an animal has rabies and bites you or licks its claws before it scratches\nyou, you could be exposed to the rabies virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about rabies, submitting an animal for\nrabies testing or to find upcoming rabies vaccination clinics for your pet,\nvisit Madison County Health Department online at<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">healthymadisoncounty.org or call 315.366.2526.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madison County Health Department announced a feral cat collected in Sullivan tested positive for rabies. This is the first positive rabies of 2019. Two individuals were bitten by the feral cat and are undergoing rabies post-exposure treatment. \u201cResidents should be on alert and play it safe and avoid contact with wild animals and pets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,22359,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-pets","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-qKh","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rabies.jpg?fit=757%2C290&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}