{"id":75402,"date":"2016-11-22T18:48:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T23:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75402"},"modified":"2016-11-22T18:48:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T23:48:25","slug":"madison-county-finds-rabies-in-two-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75402","title":{"rendered":"Madison County finds rabies in two cows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MCCPaperLogo\"<\/a>Recently two cows tested positive for rabies in the town of Smithfield.\u00a0Cattle most often become infected with rabies when they come in contact with infected raccoons,\u00a0skunks or foxes. Cattle in barns or other enclosures are at risk of rabies since infected wildlife may\u00a0enter buildings housing the cattle.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of rabies in cattle vary considerably and a veterinarian should examine animals that are\u00a0acting strangely. The slobbering, aggressive cow is only one way that the disease presents. Initial\u00a0disease symptoms may be mild with cattle appearing depressed, sleepy, not eating and isolating themselves. As the disease progresses, functions of some body parts may decrease and result in the\u00a0inability to swallow, weakness in a leg or legs, or a drooping ear or head. Most animals affected with\u00a0rabies die within a week from the time that signs and symptoms begin.<\/p>\n

If you see any animal acting strangely, call your local veterinarian, animal control officer or County\u00a0Health Department for guidance.<\/p>\n

Rabies is spread through saliva. If farm personnel or others handle an animal with rabies, the Health\u00a0Department will advise the individual to receive treatment within 10 days to prevent rabies infection.<\/p>\n

Testing an animal for rabies is important as unnecessary treatment can be avoided if an animal tests\u00a0negative.<\/p>\n

Avoid feral cats and other wildlife, and if you encounter a bat inside your home, be sure to capture the\u00a0bat. If an adult or animal control officer can safely capture and\/or euthanize an animal, contact\u00a0Madison County Health Department to determine if it should be tested for rabies.<\/p>\n

Protect your own pets and your family by ensuring your pet is current with its rabies vaccination. The\u00a0Health Department will be holding its last rabies clinic Dec. 10 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.\u00a0at Veterans Field at 260 N. Main St., Oneida.<\/p>\n

Nine animals (two bats, two foxes, two cows, as well as one raccoon, a feral cat and a skunk), have\u00a0tested positive for rabies this year in Madison County.<\/p>\n

For more information about rabies, contact Madison County Health Department\u2019s Division of\u00a0Environmental Health at 366-2526 or go to healthymadisoncounty.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently two cows tested positive for rabies in the town of Smithfield.\u00a0Cattle most often become infected with rabies when they come in contact with infected raccoons,\u00a0skunks or foxes. Cattle in barns or other enclosures are at risk of rabies since infected wildlife may\u00a0enter buildings housing the cattle. Symptoms of rabies in cattle vary considerably and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70770,"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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-jCa","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MCCPaperLogo.jpg?fit=800%2C678&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75402","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=75402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}