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Matthews Road, Frederick County, MD

Cat In Maryland Tests Positive For Rabies: Health Department Cat In Maryland Tests Positive For Rabies: Health Department
Cat In Maryland Tests Positive For Rabies: Health Department A health department in Maryland has issued an alert after receiving a report of a pet cat that tested positive for rabies. Officials advised that the Frederick County Health Department received a report that a cat that lives on Warner Road between Renner Road and Matthews Road has tested positive for the virus. The cat was brought to Animal Control on Tuesday, July 12, officials said, who described the cat as being an 8-month-old, black, domestic shorthair. “Rabies is a viral disease that mainly infects mammals and is spread through the saliva of the infected animal, usually by a bite,” a…