A little over a week ago in North Carolina, Alamance County Animal Control was notified of a skunk that bit a dog on Fernway Drive. Alamance County Animal Control sent the skunk to the North Carolina State Laboratory for Public Health for rabies testing and the skunk was positive for rabies.
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Because the dog was not up-to-date on vaccinations, it was initially quarantined; it has since been euthanized. The Health Department did not identify any human exposure to the skunk.
The skunk was the county’s first rabies case of 2021.
Dog dies after exposure to rabies
A dog was euthanized after being bitten by a skunk that tested positive for rabies.
On Jan. 7, the skunk bit the dog on Fernway Drive in Burlington. Alamance County Animal Control sent the skunk to be tested, and on Jan. 11, it tested positive for rabies.
The dog was originally quarantined because it wasn t up-to-date on vaccinations. It was later euthanized, according to a press release.
The Alamance County Health Department doesn t believe any humans were exposed to the skunk.
This is the first identified rabies case of the year in Alamance County. Last year, the county had three confirmed rabies cases.
Seven people and four dogs this week were exposed to rabies in a dog attack on Hester Road North of Green Level.
Burlington Animal Services euthanized a dog after a biting incident with three people. Afterward tests came back positive for rabies, according to an Alamance County Health Department news release. Seven people in all and four dogs were exposed to the rabid dog. The health department is helping those people get treatment for rabies. Two of the dogs were up-to-date on their vaccinations. They got vaccination boosters and are on 45-day quarantine. The other two are on strict quarantine and could be euthanized because their shots were not current.
Alamance County health officials said Wednesday’s confirmed case makes the third one for 2020. Author: Terrence Jefferies (WFMY News 2) Published: 6:15 PM EST December 24, 2020 Updated: 6:15 PM EST December 24, 2020
ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. Alamance County saw its third case of rabies this year on Wednesday, according to the Alamance County Health Department.
The North Carolina Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Raleigh confirmed the case.
Health officials said Alamance County Animal Control was notified of a dog bite involving three people on or around Hester Road in Burlington.
Officials said after picking the dog up, Alamance County Animal Control surrendered the dog to Burlington Animal Services.