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WICHITA FALLS ? The Wichita Falls Wichita County Health District has confirmed four cases of rabies found in skunks since February, according to a release from the city.
Two cases were found in the northern part of the Wichita County and two others in the southern part, the release said. Domesticated animals without current rabies vaccinations did come in contact with these skunks.
?Several dogs and horses without current rabies vaccinations came in contact with these skunks,? said Animal Services Administrator Katrena Mitchell. ?This caused the animals to either be euthanized or placed in isolation for up to 90 days, depending on the level of contact with a rabid skunk. It?s early in the season for us to be experiencing the number of positive specimens we have. We want everyone to be aware so they can protect themselves and their pets,? Mitchell said in the release.
BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - Nineteen animals have tested positive for the rabies virus in Burnet County this year, breaking last year's record of 9. Neighboring counties have the same spike in rabies cases.
Of those confirmed in Burnet County, there were 15 skunks, two foxes and two raccoons.
According to the Department of State Health Services, there have been a total of 145 cases of the deadly disease statewide from Jan. 1 to April 21 of this year, compared to 258 for all of 2010 and 234 for all of 2009.
Of this year?s cases, 85 have been in skunks and 51 in bats. A total of nine fall in the ?other? category that included three foxes, five raccoons and one goat.
The overwhelming majority of this year?s cases, 48, were discovered in Williamson County and included 20 bats, 26 skunks and one raccoon. Travis County was next with 24 bats and one skunk.
In Bastrop County, there have been three bats and one skunk. Three rabid bats have been discovered in Hays County so far this year and one bat and one skunk in Caldwell County.
One of the bats found in Hays County was just last week at one of the outlet malls, according to Bert Stratemann, the city?s animal services manager.
Kerrville rabies outbreak has experts pointing at drought
by Joe Conger / KENS 5
kens5.com
Posted on May 16, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Updated today at 7:11 PM
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SAN ANTONIO -- A rabies outbreak has Kerrville city officials warning residents to keep an eye on their pets.
Rabies is nothing new to Kerr County, but when you get a case near a busy supermarket, that's when officials urge locals to take extra precautions.
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On Friday, a confirmed rabid skunk was discovered behind the Kerrville Walmart.
That discovery makes four confirmed cases, stretching from Centerville, Texas, to downtown Kerrville.
S.A. boy bitten by bat at school; Mom says it tested positive for rabies
by Karen Grace / KENS 5
wwltv.com
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 10:28 AM
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SAN ANTONIO -- The mother of a Brooks Academy students says her son was bitten by a bat while playing in the school gym on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she got the news she feared: the bat tested positive for rabies.
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The child was taken to the hospital, where he received three vaccinations and will need to receive two more.
But Coleman wasn't alone while playing with the rabid bat. He said a classmate of his was also bit.
