{"id":250,"date":"2020-06-23T23:13:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T04:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2023-02-09T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:59:00","slug":"rabies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/rabies\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"250\" class=\"elementor elementor-250\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ffd1be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ffd1be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2681554\" data-id=\"2681554\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6ffc71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6ffc71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marshall County Health Department Rabies &amp; Animal Control Information<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-533c9b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"533c9b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab0de08\" data-id=\"ab0de08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e250a42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e250a42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rabies is a serious disease that is caused by a virus. Each year, it kills more than 50,000 people and millions of animals around the world. Any mammal (raccoons, skunks, foxes, bats, dogs, and cats) can get rabies. Cattle, horses and humans can also get rabies. Animals that are not mammals such as birds, snakes, and fish do not get rabies.<\/p><p><strong>Program Standards<\/strong><\/p><p>All dogs, cats, and ferrets reported to have bitten any person are quarantined by the Local Health Department for ten (10) days for observation. This is done at either the animal owner&#8217;s home or a local animal clinic. Some general signs of rabies in animals are as follows:<\/p><ul><li>Changes in an animal&#8217;s behavior<\/li><li>General sickness<\/li><li>Problems swallowing<\/li><li>Increased drooling<\/li><li>Aggression<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>DO NOT SHOOT OR DAMAGE THE ANIMAL&#8217;S HEAD IF IT HAS BITTEN SOMEONE!<\/strong><\/p><p>Dogs, cats, and ferrets, which stay well during the ten-day period, are released. Those animals which become sick are humanely euthanized and tested at the State Rabies Laboratory.<\/p><p>All non-domesticated or &#8220;wild animals&#8221;\u009d must immediately be humanely euthanized and tested at the State Rabies Laboratory. Domesticated farm animals are evaluated on a case by case basis.<\/p><p>*Note: Head of animal must be unaltered in order for laboratory to test.<\/p><p>For more updated information, you can<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/rabies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click on this link for the Center for Disease Control. <\/a><\/p><p><strong>What to do in Case of an Animal Bite? <\/strong><\/p><p>Depending on the severity of the bite, call your doctor or go to a hospital emergency room.<\/p><p>Take a description of the animal<\/p><p>If possible, without endangering yourself, confine the animal so it can be quarantined.<\/p><p>If euthanized,<\/p><p><strong>DO NOT DO ANYTHING WHICH WOULD DAMAGE THE ANIMAL&#8217;S HEAD! THE HEAD MUST BE INTACT FOR TESTING.<\/strong><\/p><p>Call the Local Health Department to begin investigation of the incident.<\/p><p><strong>Rabies Prevention<\/strong><\/p><p>Rabies vaccines are approved for dogs, cats, horses, cattle, sheep and ferrets. Proper and up to date vaccination of your pets is the first line of defense against rabies. Animal rabies vaccines should be administered only by, or under the direct supervision of a veterinarian.<\/p><p><strong>Dog Bite Prevention<\/strong><\/p><p>4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year, and one in five dog bites results in injuries that require medical attention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1397f73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1397f73\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b795d91\" data-id=\"b795d91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83f96d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83f96d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Page last updated 2-9-23<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall County Health Department Rabies &#038; Animal Control Information Rabies is a serious disease that is caused by a virus. Each year, it kills more than 50,000 people and millions of animals around the world. Any mammal (raccoons, skunks, foxes, bats, dogs, and cats) can get rabies. Cattle, horses and humans can also get rabies. &#8230; <a title=\"Rabies\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/rabies\/\" aria-label=\"More on Rabies\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-250","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3457,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/3457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshallcohealthdepartment.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}