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  2. Rabies in animals - Wikipedia

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    Rabies can be contracted in horses if they interact with rabid animals in their pasture, usually through being bitten (e.g. by vampire bats) [25] [23] on the muzzle or lower limbs. Signs include aggression, incoordination, head-pressing, circling, lameness, muscle tremors, convulsions, colic and fever. [34]

  3. Rabid cow exposed 4 people, 11 animals to deadly virus, SC ...

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    If you believe that you, your family members or your pets have come into contact with this cow or another animal with rabies, the department asks you to call the public health office in Columbia ...

  4. Behavior-altering parasite - Wikipedia

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    Rabies is a disease caused by viruses of the Lyssavirus genus, which are released into a host's saliva and transmitted when it comes in contact with an other animal's mucous membranes or open wounds. The disease causes the host to become aggressive and prone to attacking or biting others; this, along with increased salivation, increases the ...

  5. Wildlife disease - Wikipedia

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    Wild animals, domestic animals and humans share a large and increasing number of infectious diseases, known as zoonoses. [28] The continued globalization of society, human population growth, and associated landscape change further increase the interactions between humans and other animals, thereby facilitating additional infectious disease ...

  6. Rabid cow exposed three people and over 40 animals to ... - AOL

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    In addition to the calf, another animal found in South Carolina recently tested positive for rabies, according to DHEC. Rabid cow exposed three people and over 40 animals to deadly virus, SC ...

  7. Rabies - Wikipedia

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    Rabies is caused by lyssaviruses, including the rabies virus and Australian bat lyssavirus. [4] It is spread when an infected animal bites or scratches a human or other animals. [1] Saliva from an infected animal can also transmit rabies if the saliva comes into contact with the eyes, mouth, or nose. [1]

  8. Stray dog attacks in India - Wikipedia

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    India has 36% of all rabies deaths in the world. [3] India also has the largest number of stray dogs in the world, along with the highest cases of rabies deaths. Most rabies deaths are unreported. In compliance with Animal Birth Control rules, 2001, stray dogs may not be killed, only sterilized. Municipalities lack the money to sterilize stray ...

  9. Parasites and pathogens of wolves - Wikipedia

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    Wolves living near farms are more vulnerable to the disease than those living in the wilderness, probably because of prolonged contact with infected domestic animal waste. Wolves may catch tularemia from lagomorph prey, though its effect on wolves is unknown. Although bovine tuberculosis is not considered a major threat to wolves, it has been ...