AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - North Carolina mother urges vaccinations after petting zoo goats test positive for rabies
A North Carolina mom who hired a mobile petting zoo for her children's birthday parties is now urging other parents to seek rabies vaccinations after four of the company's baby goats tested positive for the virus. Aylin Cruz said she received a call from her local county health department days after the party, alerting her […] The post North Carolina mother urges vaccinations after petting zoo goats test positive for rabies appeared first on American Almanac .
A North Carolina mom who hired a mobile petting zoo for her children's birthday parties is now urging other parents to seek rabies vaccinations after four of the company's baby goats tested positive for the virus. Aylin Cruz said she received a call from her local county health department days after the party, alerting her that goats from Farm Adventures Mobile Petting Zoo had tested positive for rabies, and that her 9-year-old and 4-year-old may have been directly exposed. State officials identified a month-long window, from July 28 through August 27, during which the infected animals traveled to events across Durham County and other parts of the state, ABC11 reported . The goats, named Molly, Maggie, Cow, and Uno, were too young to…Open