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Cat Found On Streets Near Elementary School Positive For Rabies In Maryland: Health Officials Cat Found On Streets Near Elementary School Positive For Rabies In Maryland: Health Officials
Cat Found On Streets Near Elementary School Positive For Rabies In Maryland: Health Officials The Frederick County Health Department is cautioning that a cat found roaming the streets near an elementary school has tested positive for rabies. An alert was issued on Thursday, Feb. 22, advising the community that a cat that was tracked down in the 1400 block of Angelwing Place in Frederick has tested positive for the virus after being picked up area located near Monarch Ridge Park and Emerald Farm Park and close to Butterfly Ridge Elementary School. The feline was picked up on Tuesday, Feb. 20 after Frederick County Animal Control received reports about it acting unusual and aggre…

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Cat Found On Streets Tests Positive For Rabies In Maryland: Health Officials Cat Found On Streets Tests Positive For Rabies In Maryland: Health Officials
Cat Found On Streets Tests Positive For Rabies In Maryland: Health Officials The Frederick County Health Department is cautioning that a cat found roaming the streets has tested positive for rabies. An alert was issued on Friday, Feb. 9, advising the community that a cat that was tracked down on Talbot Run Road near Black Angle Road in Frederick County has a confirmed case of the virus. The cat had been quarantining at Frederick Animal Control since Monday, and was tested for rabies after developing questionable neurological signs, officials say. It was described as a 4-year-old black, domestic shorthair, intact male feline with "deformed teeth from a previous injur…

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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…

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