Rabies News
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Harrisburg -
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials announced yesterday that a Lancaster County man has been forced to undergo post-exposure rabies shots, after field dressing an infected deer.
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Roseburg -
An Oregon dog responsible for eating three infected and diseased toes off the foot of his diabetic owner has been turned over to a pet adoption center where he is now quarantined for a mandatory ten days. After, he will available adoption.
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A remote Amazon community in Peru is under attack from rabid vampire bats who swoop down quietly and bite, often killing their prey. Four children have already died, and the entire community is being vaccinated against further attacks.
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Lima -
At least four children are dead after bats infected with rabies attacked approximately 500 people in Peru's Amazon in the northeastern region of the country. Emergency teams have now been dispatched to the immediate vicinity.
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Cranbrook -
As man continues to encroach on the forest that has been both home and refuge to countless numbers of wildlife, vicious attacks are becoming common. In this extremely graphic video a female deer pummels a dog while defending her fawn on a city street.
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Montreal's public health officials are warning residents to be wary about contact with wild animals since a man was bitten by a rabid bat last week.
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Chinese authorities in Hanzhong have ordered 'dog beating teams' to roam through neighborhoods and beat dogs to death - a culling that has resulted in 37,000 dead dogs. The brutality has stirred outrage worldwide.
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In an effort to to prevent the further community outbreak of Rabies.
Chinese authorities ordered the mass killing of 20,000 dogs.
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The number of children killed from rabies in Luanda thus far this year stood at 69 on Wednesday. This viral infection is caused by bites by the many roaming feral dog packs in the slums of Angola and children who die from this perish in agony.
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A teenager in Brazil has enjoyed a rare recovery from the rabies infection. He is in a very select group of survivors from the virus and the first ever from Brazil.
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Rabies Headlines
As a case is confirmed in London, how common is it?
A London patient is confirmed as having rabies after being bitten by a dog in South Asia, the Health Protection Agency says.
 A Toronto man is being treated for the first case of rabies in a human in the city in more than 80 years, CBC News has learned.
A woman with rabies twice visited an A&E unit in Kent before she was diagnosed and admitted to a London hospital, it emerges.
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Rabies can affect all mammals, but is seen most often in raccoons, skunks, foxes, and bats. It is less common in deer.
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