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The Carroll County Health Department is alerting area citizens about a cat that recently tested positive for #rabies.

The Carroll County Health Department is alerting area citizens about a cat that recently tested positive for rabies.

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/health/ph-cc-rabid-cat-near-baughers-20160523-story.html

by Jon Kelvey for the Carroll County Times

The Carroll County Health Department is alerting area citizens about a cat that recently tested positive for rabies.

Mon. May 23, 2016 - Notice: The Carroll County Health Department is alerting area citizens about a cat that recently tested positive for rabies.

It was an older gray domestic short-hair kitten (approximately 9 months old) that may have roamed on and around the area of West Main Street that runs behind the Safeway, on the other side of Route 31 in Westminster (near Baugher’s Restaurant.)

Rabies is spread through saliva of an infected animal, usually by bite, but also through a scratch or open wound.

If you think you may have had contact with the cat in the ways described above, please contact the Health Department at (410) 876-4771, (410) 876-4936, or (410) 876-4882.

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For more information about rabies, go to the section on rabies on the Carroll County Health Department’s website here: http://www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov/envirohealth/rabiesprevent.html

The Bureau of Environmental Health is charged with minimizing the effects of rabies on Carroll County's citizens. This is accomplished in cooperation with the Department's Nursing Bureau, local law enforcement, the County Humane Society, and other State and local agencies. The Bureau is responsible for investigation of animal bites, managing quarantines, conducting vaccination clinics for dogs, cats and ferrets, and determining when animals must be euthanized and /or submitted for laboratory testing.

Rabies Facts

Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus. It kills almost any mammal or human that gets sick from it.

The rabies virus lives in the saliva of rabid animals. It can be transmitted through a bite or scratch or by a lick in a wound or in the eye or mouth.

Only mammals get rabies. Birds, insects, fish, turtles, reptiles, and amphibians do not. Skunks, bats, foxes, raccoons, dogs, cats, ferrets, and some farm animals are most likely to get rabies. Rabbits, opossums, squirrels, rats, and mice seldom get it.

Rabies can be prevented in cats, dogs, ferrets, horses, cows, sheep, and goats with a rabies vaccination. There is no accepted rabies vaccination for wild animals.

Those most likely to be exposed are cats and dogs kept outside and allowed to roam; farm animals; humans who trap, hike, and camp.

What You Can Do To Prevent and Control Rabies

Cats, dogs, ferrets, and selected livestock need up-to-date rabies vaccination. Puppies and kittens vaccinated between the ages of 3-12 months, and dogs and cats receiving their first vaccination, must be revaccinated 12 months later. Re-vaccination should be every 1 to 3 years, depending on the type of vaccine used. It will not harm your pet to have it vaccinated every year if you wish.

The Bureau of Environmental Health offers at-cost anti-rabies vaccination clinics for animals each year.  Contact our office for dates and times.

If your vaccinated pet is attacked or bitten by a rabid animal, be sure to have it revaccinated with a booster. If your pet is not vaccinated, it may have to be destroyed or kept in strict isolation for six months.

Pets should be kept in the home or yard and, if off your property, walked on a leash. Pets running at large are more likely to be exposed to rabies.

Enjoy wild animals from a distance. Wild animals should not be kept as pets. They are a potential rabies threat to their owners and others. Even a baby skunk or raccoon, born in captivity, can be a rabies carrier.

Avoid strange animals even if they appear friendly. Do not try to coax wild animals to eat from your hand. Never approach or touch wild animals or pets you do not own.

Children should be told to immediately report any bite, scratch, or contact with a strange or wild animal.

Make your house and yard unattractive to wild animals. Feed pets inside the house. Keep garbage in tightly closed trash cans and do not set trash out the night before it is to be collected. Cap chimneys. Seal off any openings in the attic, under porches, and in basements and outbuildings.

Some Common Questions About Rabies

How can people get rabies?

Since rabies lives in rabid animals' saliva, a bite is the most common way it is transmitted. Scratches which have allowed saliva into the body or saliva that has gotten into open wounds, eyes, nose, or mouth can also be a problem. Just petting or touching a rabid animal or pet which has had contact with a rabid animal, or being in an area where rabid animals have been does not result in a rabies exposure.

What should I do if I think my dog, cat, ferret, or farm animal has rabies?

Consult a veterinarian and report to the local law enforcement agency if any person has been bitten or exposed to the suspect animal. Be sure to keep the animal confined until it can be examined by a veterinarian. Try not to expose yourself or other people to the animal.

What should I do if I see a stray or wild animal that I think may have rabies?

Do not feed or handle it. Keep your own animals from coming in contact with it. Capture the animal, if possible, without risking exposure. For example, if the raccoon is in a garage, close all doors and windows. Then call your local animal control agency for further instructions.

What should I do if I find a dead animal on my property?

If there has been human or animal exposure, contact your local health department for instructions. If there has been no human or animal exposure, the animal may be buried. If it is necessary to touch the animal, gloves should be worn. An easy way to handle the animal is to stick your hand into a garbage bag, grab the animal by a leg through the garbage bag, then pull the bag over the animal, and tie it shut. Then, bury the animal, preferably three feet deep, or dispose of it through the local animal control agency. Do not throw it out along a road, or in a wooded area or field.

What should I do if my dog, cat, ferret, or farm animal has been exposed to a wild animal that I think may have rabies?

Do not handle, pet, touch, or examine your animal for at least 2 hours. The wild animal should be captured or killed, being careful not to damage the head, and submitted for rabies testing through the local health department. In doing this, you should be careful not to get bitten or exposed to the wild animal. Assistance may be available through your local animal control agency.

What will be done with the animal that bit (or exposed) me to find out if it has rabies?

If it is a dog, cat, ferret, or farm animal, it will be quarantined for 10 days, to find out if it had rabies at the time it bit you. If it is a wild animal, it will probably have to be destroyed and the head submitted for testing to the laboratory.

Should I get vaccinated against rabies?

Generally speaking no. The pre-exposure vaccination is only recommended for certain high-risk groups. These are people who regularly handle animals and, therefore, may be at high risk of exposure to rabies. High-risk groups include veterinarians, animal control workers, trappers and raccoon hunters.

What You Need To Do If A Bite Occurs

Try to capture the animal or, if the animal is wild, try to kill it. Try not to damage the animal's head.

Immediately wash the wound with plenty of soap and water, scrubbing the bitten area gently. Dry the wound.

If the animal is a pet dog or cat, obtain the pet owner's name, address, and telephone number. Find out if the animal has a current rabies shot (immunization) and write down the rabies tag number.

Get prompt medical attention, if necessary. Go to your family doctor or nearest emergency room.

Report the incident to the police. If your pet dog or cat is involved in a fight with a wild animal:

Do not handle your pet for two hours after the fight. This will give any infected saliva time to dry, killing the virus.

If your immunized pet dog or cat has been bitten, they will need another rabies vaccination. The animal will also have to be kept on a leash or caged for 45 days.

If your pet is not currently vaccinated, it will have to be placed in strict isolation for six months or humanely euthanized.

What You Need To Know About Rabies Treatment

Once the signs of rabies appear, the disease almost always causes death. If caught in time, it can be prevented. After a person is bitten by an animal proven to have rabies, a doctor must be contacted immediately and anti-rabies treatment begun.

The treatment consists of five doses of vaccine given over a one-month period, plus antiserum given at the beginning. None of the injections are given in the stomach area. This treatment has been very successful.

No one who has received proper treatment has died from rabies.

Vaccination against rabies before exposure is not recommended for the general public. Only those individuals who are regularly at risk for rabies exposure should get this vaccine (for example, veterinarians, and animal control workers).

For more information about rabies, go to the section on rabies on the Carroll County Health Department’s website here: http://www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov/envirohealth/rabiesprevent.html

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Vet tech Tanya Andrews assists Manchester EMS personnel to provide emergency oxygen to save the life of a family pet cat stricken by smoke inhalation late Friday night.

Vet tech Tanya Andrews assists Manchester EMS personnel to provide emergency oxygen to save the life of a family pet cat stricken by smoke inhalation late Friday night. Photo by Westminster Fire Dept. Chaplain Kevin Dayhoff Friday – Saturday, May 20-21, 2016

Several family pets were saved by quick action by the firefighters on the scene of a two – alarm fire late Friday night in Westminster. The cats and dogs were attended to by emergency medical personnel, including vet tech Tanya Andrews who assisted Manchester EMS personnel to provide emergency oxygen to save the life of a family pet cat stricken by smoke inhalation late Friday night

Over 80 firefighters from Carroll and Baltimore Co, and the Westminster Police Dept. responded with 20 pieces of equipment to a two–alarm fire in the 200 block of Gallatin Court, north of Westminster off Cranberry Rd.

The first call came into the county emergency communications center at 9:39. A second alarm was quickly sounded at 9:55.

Three families were displaced and two townhouses were destroyed in the blaze, but the fire did not spread farther thanks to the prompt and well-coordinated response by firefighters. Fire was declared under control at 1024 pm, but wrap-up and clean-up operations lasted until approximately 3 am, Sat. morning

WORLD FAMOUS FRIESIAN STALLION

Frederick The Horse’s Stunning Beauty

This amazing horse is known as Frederick the Great and he lives up to his name. His beauty is stunning and is known as one of the top stallions in the world. He lives in the Ozarks in the United States and his breed, the Friesian stallion has almost went extinct three times. Friesians are most often recognized for their black coat, but can also be chestnut. They stand on average of 6 foot 3 inches. For their size they are very graceful and nimble. It is believed in the Middle Ages they were in great demand to be war horses throughout Europe.

Thankfully today with careful breeding the Friesian horse is growing in numbers. With a beauty such as Frederick, it’s no wonder he is becoming quite a celebrity. Watching him in action showing off his speed yet grace and even his playful side, this horse is an absolute star.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLJMDpHnRdk
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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art,artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalistsand journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maioremDei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf

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Top Ten Exercises to Become a Better Horseperson

Top Ten Exercises to Become a Better Horseperson

 Labels: Animals, Animals horses

Originally posted September 21, 2000 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/09/top-ten-exercises-to-become-better.html

 10. Drop a heavy steel object on your foot. Don't pick it up right away. Shout, "Get Off, Stupid! GET OFF!"

 9. Leap out of a moving vehicle and practice "relaxing into the fall." Roll lithely into a ball and spring to your feet.

 8. Learn to grab your checkbook out of your purse and write out a $200 check without even looking down.

 7. Jog long distances carrying a halter and a carrot. Go ahead and tell the neighbors what you are doing -- they might as well know now.

 6. Affix a pair of reins to a moving freight train and practice pulling to a halt. Smile as if you are having fun.

 5. Hone your fibbing skills: “see, hon. moving hay bales is FUN!" and, “no, really, I'm glad your lucky performance and multimillion dollar horse won the blue ribbon. I am just thankful that my hard work and actual ability won me second place"

 4. Practice dialing your chiropractor's number with both arms paralyzed to the shoulder and one foot anchoring the lead rope of a frisky horse.

 3. Borrow the US Army's slogan: Be All That You Can Be -- bitten, thrown, kicked, slimed, trampled, frozen...

 2. Lie face down in a puddle of mud in your most expensive riding clothes and repeat to yourself, "This is a learning experience, this is a learning experience, this is..."

 1. THE NUMBER ONE EXERCISE TO BECOME A BETTER EQUESTRIAN: Marry money.

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The hugging horse

The hugging horse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh6xqEJOx8Y

Hilarious Horse Won’t Let Man Stop Scratching His Neck

Hat Tip: Faith Tap - http://www.faithtap.com/4055/hilarious-horse-wont-let-man-stop-scratching-his-neck/

Levi the horse is not only gigantic, but also has a
wonderful sense of humor. He is meeting Tom for the first time and when Tom
scratches his neck they become instant friends – at least according to Levi.
Tom is the brother-in-law to the horse’s owner Janelle. To give you a size
reference, Tom is 6 foot 2 inches tall. Levi is a very tall horse! Tom decided
to give him a few friendly scratches on the neck, and the way Levi responds has
everyone laughing.

Each time Tom tries to walk away, Levi ropes him right back
in with his neck. Then he stretches it out obviously telling him this neck
scratch is nowhere being over just yet. And who can blame him? Everyone loves a
good back scratch, and for this horse, it is no different. What a hilarious
moment to catch on film and no doubt Janelle has a very smart and lovable horse
in Levi!

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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art,artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalistsand journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maioremDei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf

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Oops I let the cow in...

Oops I let the cow in...

June 21, 2015 (Hat Tip: CB – Mrs. Owl 12/2/2104)

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/06/oops-i-let-cow-in.html

Published on Apr 24, 2014

5yr old lets pet cow on house… Without mom knowing

"Kids! If it's not one thing it's an udder.

Hey, I know you're skeptical. But really, you need to just hear this little five-year-old girl out, because she's got a perfectly reasonable explanation for why she let—or possibly brought—her pet calf into the house. It may or may not have something to do with cow poop. It's hard to tell. But it should definitely fully exonerate her in the eyes of her rather annoyed, anti-cow-in-the-house mother..."

http://happyplace.someecards.com/kids-and-animals/this-little-girl-has-a-perfectly-good-explanation-for-why-she-let-a-cow-into-the-house/ (by Dennis DiClaudio) Sources: Billie jo decker | h/t Viral Viral Videos

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

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Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
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E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art,artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalistsand journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maioremDei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Elaine Shirley gave a presentation on rare breeds of livestock at Williamsburg at Carroll Lutheran Village

Elaine Shirley gave a presentation on rare breeds of livestock at Williamsburg at Carroll Lutheran Village

#KED

After an afternoon at Baltimore Zoo with the American Red Cross it's time to eat

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore - Nation's Third Oldest Zoo. http://www.marylandzoo.org/ 

Animals, Baltimore, Baltimore Zoo, Non-profits Red Cross

- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-giraffe-at-baltimore-zoo-is-having.html#sthash.uOm8mlo2.dpuf

The Maryland Zoo at Baltimore - Nation's Third Oldest Zoo. http://www.marylandzoo.org/

The Maryland Zoo at Baltimore - Nation's Third Oldest Zoo. http://www.marylandzoo.org/