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North Carolina mother says family exposed to rabid goats at petting zoo
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DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- Piedmont Triad health officials are working to treat anyone who was exposed to rabies after a mobile petting zoo called Farm Adventures was a part of both private and public events from July 28 to Aug. 23.
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4 goats at Lexington petting zoo test positive for rabies
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North Carolina mother says family exposed to rabid goats at petting zoo
DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- Four goats at a Lexington petting zoo at a community event tested positive for rabies this month, according to a Davidson County Health Department news release. On Friday, the DCHD learned about the potential exposure of rabies. On Aug.
HARMONY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A mobile petting zoo was the source of several rabies cases being found in baby goats this summer, state officials reported. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Friday multiple cases in baby goats at the Farm Adventures mobile petting zoo bas…
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Several baby goats at a mobile petting zoo in North Carolina were infected with rabies, and authorities are asking anyone who had contact with the animals to reach out to health officials. Rabies can be deadly if people don’t receive treatment before symptoms begin.
PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — Several goats from an Iredell County mobile petting zoo tested positive for rabies this month and citizens who attended events where Farm Adventures Mobile Petting Zoo provided animals should contact their local health department immediately.
Four baby goats from a North Carolina mobile petting zoo tested positive for rabies and were euthanized, and health officials are asking anyone who may have had contact with them to reach out for possible treatment.
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) -- North Carolina health officials said this weekend that rabies-infected baby goats with a mobile petting zoo were in "direct contact" with people at 10 state sites during a month, including two in Durham County over roughly the last two weeks, possibly exposing people to rabies…
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) -- North Carolina health officials said this weekend that rabies-infected baby goats with a mobile petting zoo were in "direct contact" with people at 10 state sites during a month, including two in the Piedmont Triad over roughly the last two weeks, possibly exposing people to r…
DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- Piedmont Triad health officials are working to treat anyone who was exposed to rabies after a mobile petting zoo called Farm Adventures was a part of both private and public events from July 28 to Aug. 23.
Three baby goats at a North Carolina petting zoo tested positive for rabies, sparking a statewide effort to track down everyone who interacted with the animals.
State health officials are warning the public after rabid goats from a mobile petting zoo may have exposed people to the virus at events across North Carolina.
North Carolina officials are sounding the alarm that a traveling petting zoo included rabid baby goats, and anyone who visited it should get tested immediately.
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