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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. Rabies - Wikipedia

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    Other sources of rabies in humans include bats, [45] [46] monkeys, raccoons, foxes, skunks, cattle, wolves, coyotes, cats, and mongooses (normally either the small Asian mongoose or the yellow mongoose). [47] Rabies may also spread through exposure to infected bears, domestic farm animals, groundhogs, weasels, and other wild carnivorans.

  4. Bat in Tazewell County has tested positive for rabies. Here's ...

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    Bats are the primary carriers of rabies in Illinois. Rabies is a virus that affects the nervous system of humans and other mammals. It is often transmitted through the bite of an infected animal ...

  5. Rabies virus - Wikipedia

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    In 1932, Pawan first discovered that infected vampire bats could transmit rabies to humans and other animals. [22] [23] [24] Rabies virus is primarily transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal, allowing it to penetrate the skin, infect tissues, and neurons through their nerve endings and spreading to the nervous system.

  6. Almost 1,500 cases of exposure to rabies confirmed in Florida ...

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    In the United States, rabies affects only mammals and is mostly found in wild animals like bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes. Contact with infected bats is the leading cause of human rabies deaths ...

  7. Whatcom County Health Department announces a bat has ... - AOL

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    A bat has tested positive for rabies in Whatcom County for the first time this year, health officials said. Bats are the main carrier of rabies in Washington, and 3% to 10% of bats submitted for ...

  8. Goose Fans 'May Have Been Exposed' to Rabid Bats at ... - AOL

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    The department explained rabies could be of concern to people who received "a bite or scratch" from a bat — or even had "any physical contact" with the animal. "Bats have very small teeth ...

  9. Common vampire bat - Wikipedia

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    He soon proved various species of bat, including the common vampire bat, are capable of transmitting rabies for an extended period of time without artificial infection or external symptoms. [30] Fruit bats of the genus Artibeus were later shown to demonstrate the same abilities. During this asymptomatic stage, the bats continue to behave ...