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The East Shore District Health Department issued a rabies awareness alert Thursday for Branford, East Haven and North Branford, and asked residents to be vigilant because of "additional wild animal cases of rabies being identified in the health district," said East Shore Director of Health Michael Pascucilla. He advised residents to take precautions, including immunizing their pets.
Rabies is a fatal disease if a family member or an unvaccinated pet is infected, and is most commonly carried by skunks, raccoons and bats in Connecticut, although any mammal could carry the rabies virus, Pascucilla said in a written release.See the full content of this document
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Rabies Cases Trigger Warning
The rabies virus is spread when the saliva of an infected animal enters a cut, deep scratch o...
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