Cats in Norfolk and Suffolk have tested positive for rabies, officials announced Wednesday.
On Jan. 8 in Norfolk, a stray cat was collected from the 3800 block of Krick St. and tested positive for rabies, according to a city news release.
The cat was described as an adult domestic short hair with black fur. Norfolk's health department is investigating several reports of human exposure to the animal.
On Wednesday, the Suffolk Health Department received word that a stray cat that had scratched and bit someone tested positive for rabies. The cat bite took place on White Marsh Road, and the victims is starting a post-exposure vaccination process to prevent the disease, according to a department news release.
Rabies is highly preventable if treated early, according to Dr. Nancy Welch with the Western Tidewater Health District. Without treatment, the disease is fatal in humans as well as domestic dogs and cats that aren't vaccinated.
State law requires dogs and cats over the ages of four months to get rabies vaccines.
You can contact the Suffolk Health Department at 757-514-4751 and Animal Control at 757-514-7855.
In Norfolk, incidents should be reported to the health department's Environmental Health Division at 757-683-2712 and Animal Control at 757-664-7387.
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On Jan. 8 in Norfolk, a stray cat was collected from the 3800 block of Krick St. and tested positive for rabies, according to a city news release.
The cat was described as an adult domestic short hair with black fur. Norfolk's health department is investigating several reports of human exposure to the animal.
On Wednesday, the Suffolk Health Department received word that a stray cat that had scratched and bit someone tested positive for rabies. The cat bite took place on White Marsh Road, and the victims is starting a post-exposure vaccination process to prevent the disease, according to a department news release.
Rabies is highly preventable if treated early, according to Dr. Nancy Welch with the Western Tidewater Health District. Without treatment, the disease is fatal in humans as well as domestic dogs and cats that aren't vaccinated.
State law requires dogs and cats over the ages of four months to get rabies vaccines.
You can contact the Suffolk Health Department at 757-514-4751 and Animal Control at 757-514-7855.
In Norfolk, incidents should be reported to the health department's Environmental Health Division at 757-683-2712 and Animal Control at 757-664-7387.
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