Saturday, 2 January 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies update - North America: December 2015 summary

Rabies -- United States
[accessed 2 Jan 2016]

Concerns a dog rescued from the streets of Cairo had rabies forced 4 dogs in New Jersey into quarantine for 6 months, according to the CDC.
The Cairo dog was one of 8 dogs and 27 cats brought to the United States in May [2015] and given to animal rescue groups in 4 states.
It was shipped with falsified papers and discovered to have had an unhealed fracture of the left forelimb in Virginia, according to the CDC. Because of possible rabies, the dog was euthanized

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1mvGWZU

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