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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2007rabid bobcat found in athens, geogia area
this is a downer for all of us outside pet owners, but some bobcats are definitely here, a semi-rural but going more developed and thus populated with people and pets http://onlineathens.com/stories/012607/news_20070126046.shtml > this is a downer for all of us outside pet owners, but some bobcats are > definitely here, a semi-rural but going more developed and thus > populated with people and pets > > http://onlineathens.com/stories/012607/news_20070126046.shtml And hence, another reason to make sure all your pets are vaccinated for rabies. Helen M > > this is a downer for all of us outside pet owners, but some bobcats are > > definitely here, a semi-rural but going more developed and thus [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Helen M An important point. However, a bobcat is very dangerous to pets when it ISN'T rabid. Well, most pets. People with horses probably don't have to worry. Will in New Haven > -- > Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server -http://www.Mailgate.ORG >> this is a downer for all of us outside pet owners, but some bobcats are >> definitely here, a semi-rural but going more developed and thus [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > And hence, another reason to make sure all your pets are vaccinated for > rabies. Rabies isn't the only grave disease carried by bobcats; there is also the 99.9% fatal cytauxzoonosis felis - for which there is NO vaccine and NO CURE. It doesn't hurt the bobcats, as they are immune to the organism that causes it. They spread it to domestic cats via the ticks that feed on their blood. The illness is most prevalent in the mid-south and southeastern U.S.: http://archives.thepilot.com/April2003/04-30-03/043003Ticks.html
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