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Rabies Prevention To avoid being exposed to rabies: a small box, bowl, or can over the
bat once it has landed to roost, and
and Vaccination • Have your dogs, cats, ferrets, then slide a piece of cardboard
and livestock vaccinated against
under the container to trap the bat
Rabies is an acute, progressive viral rabies.
inside. Tape the cardboard to the
infection that nearly always results in
• Keep your pet under your container and contact the Caroline
fatal encephalitis. An exposure to the
control at all times, especially County Health Department for
rabies virus may occur when a person
when traveling. guidance.
is bitten by or exposed to saliva of a
rabid animal. The disease is prevented • Enjoy wildlife from a distance Any suspected exposure to a rabid animal

with a four dose rabies vaccine series and do not feed wildlife. should be reported immediately to the
administered over a period of 14 days • Avoid sick animals and any that Caroline County Health Department at
and a dose of rabies immunoglobulin are acting in an unusual manner. 410-479-8045.
given at the beginning of the series. Each
• Cover garbage cans securely and Spring Rabies Clinic:
year, approximately 900 Marylanders
do not leave pet food outside.
receive preventive vaccinations after Wednesday, May 12 at the Health &
exposure to a rabid or potentially rabid • Do not relocate wildlife. Public Services Building (403 S. 7th St.,
animal. • Prevent bats from entering your Denton) 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
home. THIS IS A DRIVE-THRU CLINIC
Animals with rabies often show changes

in behavior. Wild animals may act If you find a bat in your home, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY IN
friendly, domestic animals may become do not touch it. Bats found in the RESPONSE TO COVID-19. Please
aggressive, and animals that are active home should be safely collected, call 410-479-8045 to schedule an
only at night may appear during the if possible, and tested for rabies. appointment.
day. Rabid animals may stagger, drool, Only let a bat go if you are sure Please keep all animals leashed while

or become paralyzed. The diagnosis of no people or household pets inside the vehicle and cages. All
rabies is made by examining brain tissue have had any contact with it. If animals must be under the control of a
from the suspected rabid animal. it is alive, protect yourself from responsible adult.
exposure and catch it by placing

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