MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The Monongalia County Health Department (MCHD) revealed that rabies has actually been discovered in a feral cat nest in Morgantown.
In a post on their authorities Facebook page, the MCHD reported that the feral cat nest lies on Distributor Drive off of Green Bag Road and will deal with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to reduce threat on transmission.
According to the post, the USDA will be dropping oral rabies vaccine baits by plane in late August in Monongalia County, and MCHD Environmental Health will disperse the baits by hand in early September.
Anyone who has actually been assaulted or bitten by an animal ought to clean the injury right away and follow-up with a healthcare service provider.