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Baby Goats with Rabies at North Carolina Mobile Petting Zoo Prompt Calls Across Multiple Counties to Contact Health Officials
Health officials said four goats tested positive after a skunk bite, and attendees who handled them should seek a rabies risk assessment.
- North Carolina health officials are urging anyone who had contact with Farm Adventures' baby goats between July 28 and August 27 to seek medical assessment after several animals tested positive for rabies.
- Iredell County-based Farm Adventures stated a skunk bit the animals, though the zoo had "no clue" at the time; the four baby goats were kept separately because they were too young for vaccinations.
- The infected animals attended off-site events including the August 1 gathering at Breeden Amphitheater in Lexington and the August 15 Masonic Picnic in Mocksville, plus a private event near Hickory on August 9.
- Residents who touched, fed, or held the goats should call communicable disease nurses at 695-5769 to evaluate preventive treatment needs, as post-exposure prophylaxis is highly effective if received soon after exposure.
- While rabies is deadly, authorities continue investigating potential exposure paths, noting that human cases in the United States are extremely rare; no human infections have been reported in North Carolina since 2011.
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North Carolina issues rabies warning due to contact with baby goats from mobile petting zoo
Public health officials in North Carolina are urging anyone who may have had contact with baby goats from the mobile petting zoo Farm Adventures, based out of Harmony, NC, any time between July 28th and August 27th, to contact their local public health department.
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North Carolina Families Warned of Rabies Risk From Petting Zoo Goats
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