Date: 6 Feb 2010

Source: Mail Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX [edited]

<http://www.individual.com/storyrss.php?story=114256720&hash=c5b71e651fcbad0b779e94759a516fb1>

Warning issued about rabies after deaths of animals
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Public health officials are warning people to protect themselves and their pets from rabies after a rabid goat and a dead fox were found in Cave Junction.  Oregon State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed the presence of rabies in the 2 animals. The goat died of exposure to a bat strain of rabies, according to Belle Shepherd, Josephine County's director of public health. [Byline: Bill Kettler]
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[The fox probably had fox rabies, and since the goat had bat rabies, the goat did not get it from the fox. Rabid goats have been rarely reported -- see the Texas report in 1999 and Arkansas in 2008 in the ProMED archives. - ProMed Mod.JW] [Information has been requested from the Oregon authorities.

Location of Grants Pass, Oregon:
<http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/OR/Grants_Pass.html>

Location of Cave Junction, Oregon:
<http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/OR/Cave_Junction.html> - ProMed Mod.MHJ]

[The interactive HealthMap/ProMED map for Oregon is available at:
<http://healthmap.org/r/00WS> - ProMed CopyEd.EJP]
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Date: 4 Feb 2010

Source: Myfoxorlando.com [edited[

<http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/volusia_news/020410-Rabies-alert-Volusia-County>

Rabies alert issued in Volusia County
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The Volusia County Health Department has issued a rabies alert following 3 unprovoked attacks on humans by raccoons last month [January 2010]. This rabies alert is for 60 days.

The rabies alert area encompasses approximately 5 miles of the peninsula beachside, including unincorporated Wilbur-by-the-Sea from Dunlawton Avenue Bridge south to the southern limit of the Town of Ponce Inlet.

Over a 5-day period, the raccoon attacks took place near the Dunlawton Avenue Bridge and locations in Ponce Inlet and in Wilbur-by-the-Sea. The raccoon from the Wilbur-by-the-Sea attack was the only one captured and it tested positive for rabies.
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[From the sites given, this would appear to be a suburban/urban rabies event. [Information has been requested from the Florida authorities.

For Wilbur-by-the-Sea, Florida, go to:
<http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/FL/WilburbytheSea.html>

Ponce Inlet, Florida:
<http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/FL/Ponce_Inlet.html> - ProMed Mod.MHJ]

[The interactive HealthMap/ProMED map for Florida is available at:
<http://healthmap.org/r/00uk> - ProMed CopyEd.EJP]