Kansas - Butler County horse tests positive for rabies

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Butler County horse tests positive for rabies

By Staff reports
El Dorado Times
Posted Apr 28, 2012 @ 04:35 PM

El Dorado, Kan. ?

Butler County has seen its first case of rabies this year. On April 17, a horse in Butler County tested positive for rabies at the Kansas State University Rabies Laboratory in Manhattan. The horse was submitted by Dr. Davy Harkins from the El Dorado Animal Clinic in El Dorado. This is the 20th case in Kansas this year, including 10 skunks, two bats, three horses, two bovines, one cat, one coyote and one raccoon. In 2011 there were 31 animals testing positive in Kansas. The animals testing positive in 2011 included 24 skunks, four cats and three bats.

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Re: Kansas - Butler County horse tests positive for rabies

Another rabies case puts people and their pets on high alert

<!-- Module ends: article-header--><!-- Module starts: article-byline (ArticleByline) -->April 29, 2012|by Jim Grawe

...The most recent case in Kansas is a horse from the Leon area diagnosed by veterinarian Davy Harkins.

"The owner noticed the horse was wobbly out in the pasture, (she) went out to get it, (and) it bit her," Harkins says.

Dr. Harkins says this only the second time in his 40-year career he's seen a rabid horse.

Some believe the mild winter had something to do with it, but rabies in Kansas have skyrocketed this year. There are already 20 confirmed cases--that's about three times more than this time last year.
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http://articles.kwch.com/2012-04-29/rabies-case_31480781