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Sick Raccoon In Anne Arundel County Tests Positive For Rabies: Health Department
The Anne Arundel County Department of Health is cautioning that a raccoon found in Davidsonville earlier this week has tested positive for rabies. An alert was issued on Wednesday advising that the animal was found on Governor's Bridge Road, between Riva Road and St. George Barber Road on Monday, July 15. It has since tested positive for rabies, officials confirmed on Wednesday. According to health officials, "rabies is a viral disease that mainly infects mammals and is spread through the saliva of the infected animal, usually by a bite." Symptoms of rabies in animals may include fear of …
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Rabies Alert Issued In Anne Arundel County After Raccoon Tests Positive
Health officials in Anne Arundel County have issued an alert after a raccoon tested positive for rabies. The raccoon was found on Lee Boulevard, near John Marshall Park in Shady Side, on Friday, April 5, the Anne Arundel County Department of Health said. Anyone who may have had contact with the infected animal, or whose pets have unexplained wounds, is being instructed to contact the Department of Health. Rabies is a viral disease that mainly infects mammals (warm-blooded animals who nurse their young) and is spread through the saliva of the infected animal, usually by a bite or scratch, o…
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New Rabies Alert Issued In Maryland Neighborhood After Raccoon Tests Positive For Virus
A fresh alert has been issued in Anne Arundel County after another raccoon tested positive for rabies. The Anne Arundel County Department of Health issued an alert this week warning that anyone who came into contact with a raccoon in the area of Admiral Drive near the intersection of Moreland Parkway may have been exposed to the virus. Officials said on Wednesday, Feb. 7 that the infected animal has tested positive for rabies - clarifying a previous release that had the wrong address attached. Anyone who may have had contact with the infected animal, or whose pets have unexplained wounds, …
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New Rabies Alert Issued In Maryland Neighborhood After Raccoon Tests Positive
A fresh alert has been issued in Anne Arundel County after another raccoon tested positive for rabies. The Anne Arundel County Department of Health issued an alert this week warning that anyone who came into contact with a raccoon near the 100 block of Natalie Lane, near Pasadena Road in Millserville may have been exposed to the virus. The raccoon, which was found on Thursday, Oct. 5, tested positive, according to the agency. Anyone who may have had contact with the infected animal, or whose pets have unexplained wounds, is being instructed to contact the Department of Health. Rabies is a…
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Rabid Raccoon Found In Maryland Neighborhood
Alarm bells are sounding in Anne Arundel County after a raccoon tested positive for rabies. The Anne Arundel County Department of Health issued an alert on Thursday warning that anyone who came into contact with a raccoon in the 1500 block of Mayfield Road in the Woodland Beach community in Edgewater may have been exposed to the virus. The raccoon, which was found on Tuesday, Sept. 19, tested positive, according to the agency. Anyone who may have had contact with the infected animal, or whose pets have unexplained wounds, is being instructed to contact the Department of Health. …
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New Batch Of Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile In Maryland Neighborhoods
The dog days of summer have brought mosquitos carrying the West Nile Virus to another neighborhood in Maryland. In Prince George's County, the Maryland Department of Agriculture said that mosquitoes have tested positive for the virus in Laurel, following similar reports in different parts of the state. The latest batch of mosquitoes were trapped at the Highpoint Trail and Overlook Way, as well as Oxford Drive and Northlake Court. In response, there will be an unscheduled spraying on Sunday in Laurel surrounding the trap sites where the mosquitoes were located. "The department’s Mosq…
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Raccoons Infected With Rabies Found In Two Separate Maryland Towns, Health Officials Say
Despite the county’s best efforts to immunize them against the virus, a pair of raccoons have tested positive for rabies in two separate towns within two days in Anne Arundel County. The Anne Arundel County Department of Health issued alerts this week after confirming cases of rabies in Crownsville and Laurel that were located on Sunday, Nov. 13, and Thursday, Nov. 15. In Crownsville, the first raccoon was recovered near the intersection of Maple Hill Lane and Echo Cove Drive on Sunday. In Laurel, the raccoon that tested positive was discovered in the 3200 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road o…
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This Stinks: Loose Skunk Tests Positive For Rabies In Maryland
Health officials in Maryland are cautioning residents to be on high alert after a skunk tested positive for rabies in Anne Arundel County. The Anne Arundel County Department of Health issued an alert on Wednesday, Sept. 7 after a skunk found over the weekend tested positive for the disease in the Two Rivers Community in Odenton. Related story - Anne Arundel County To Bait Raccoons Into Getting Vaccinated For Rabies Officials said that anyone who may have come in contact with a skunk near the intersection of Broad Wing Drive and White Clover Lane should be aware if a pet has u…
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Maryland County To Bait Raccoons Into Getting Vaccinated For Rabies
A program to vaccinate raccoons throughout Anne Arundel County for rabies has begun, officials say. The 2022 Raccoon Oral Rabies Vaccination Project began on Monday, Aug. 29 and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30. The goal is to immunize thousands of wild raccoons by placing approximately 84,500 baits containing the vaccine throughout Anne Arundel County, according to the Anne Arundel County Department of Health. Anne Arundel County had 14 confirmed cases of the fatal disease in 2020, 10 of those cases being raccoons. Three foxes and one bat were also confirmed. Rabies is a fatal vir…
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Raccoons In Recent Anne Arundel Attacks Test Positive For Rabies
Health Department officials are urging anyone who may have come in contact with suspicious raccoons to seek medical attention after two raccoons who attacked domesticated pets tested positive for rabies in Anne Arundel County, officials say. The first raccoon attacked a pet and was killed by the pet owner near the intersection of Laico Lane and Dock Road in Pasadena. A second raccoon attack occurred on the 400 block of Adams Lane behind Severna Park High School. Both attacks were on Saturday, June 4. Rabies is a fatal disease spread by the bite or scratch of an infected animal, such as a gr…
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