Know the signs of rabid animals
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Agri News by Spencer Perkins
As summer time is quickly approaching us and we are planning our outdoor vacations, cookouts, or various other activities, it is important to keep safety and health in mind. One of the best practices to stay safe and healthy is prevention.
That is why you should always take your pets to your local veterinarian and get their yearly rabies vaccination. Rabies is a viral zoonosis affecting the central nervous system of warm-blooded animals. Rabies is spread when the saliva of an infected animal comes in contact with an opening in the skin, usually a bite or scratch. However, very rare, it can sometimes be transmitted through contamination of mucous membranes.
The most common species to transmit rabies in Texas are skunks, bats, foxes, coyotes, and raccoons. Although we may not personally come in contact with these species very often, unfortunately our beloved pets do on occasion.
You should always be cautious and stay away from wild animals that appear to be tame or friendly, nocturnal animals out roaming around during daytime, pets that are staggering or having trouble eating and drinking, signs of aggression in pets that are normally very calm, and a bat that is disabled and unable to fly.
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