Four baby goats from a North Carolina mobile petting zoo tested positive for rabies and were euthanized, and health officials are asking anyone who may have had contact with them to reach out for possible treatment.
\n\nThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said anyone who had contact with the baby goats at Farm Adventures’ location in Harmony, North Carolina, or at one of its mobile events between July 28 and Thursday should contact local health officials.
\n\n“The petting zoo held off-site events involving children and elderly individuals across multiple counties within that time frame,” the department said.
\n\nHealth professionals may determine whether people who had contact with the baby goats need further examination or precautionary medication, it said.
\n\nWithout it, rabies is almost always fatal in humans, the state health department said.
\n\nFarm Adventures said in a statement posted to Facebook that it is monitoring its other animals for signs of the viral disease.
\n\n“The affected animals, our four precious baby goats, have been euthanized to prevent further spread,” it said.
\n\nThe baby goats were too young for vaccination and were bitten by a skunk that was found in their separate pen, the petting zoo said.
\n\nIt…
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