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Deadly Infection Hits Jackson Street
Jun 17, 2011 by McCarton Ackerman
A Jackson Street resident is speaking out after losing his beloved pet to a fatal disease, in the hopes that others will not suffer the same fate.
Phillip Montana recently had to euthanize his 4-year-old dog, Simba, after he contracted leptospirosis, a disease transmitted through contact with infected animal urine, usually from rats. Like much of New York City, Montana?s home base of Jackson Street and Manhattan Avenue suffers from an infestation of rats.
Even more worrisome to Montana is the safety of his daughters, since leptospirosis is transmittable from animal-to-human. ?Simba shared a bed with my daughter,? said Montana...
Deadly Infection Hits Jackson Street
Jun 17, 2011 by McCarton Ackerman
A Jackson Street resident is speaking out after losing his beloved pet to a fatal disease, in the hopes that others will not suffer the same fate.
Phillip Montana recently had to euthanize his 4-year-old dog, Simba, after he contracted leptospirosis, a disease transmitted through contact with infected animal urine, usually from rats. Like much of New York City, Montana?s home base of Jackson Street and Manhattan Avenue suffers from an infestation of rats.
Even more worrisome to Montana is the safety of his daughters, since leptospirosis is transmittable from animal-to-human. ?Simba shared a bed with my daughter,? said Montana...