Saturday 29 December 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (58): Americas, USA (NC) bear

Rabies -- United States
A black bear in coastal North Carolina tested positive for rabies this month [December 2018], making it the 1st known case of the fatal disease in a bear in state history, wildlife officials said.
The year-old bear was lethargic and having trouble moving when [JD] spotted the animal at his game feeder in Fairfield on 16 Dec 2018. Just a day later, [JD] found the bear dead at the same location and called wildlife officials, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said in a news

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6227662&promed&0

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