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Article: POSSIBLE RABIES EXPOSURE AT TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE NATIONAL CELEBRATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 12, 2006
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The city of Lubbock issued the following press release:
The Tennessee Department of Health has issued a health alert warning about a confirmed case of rabies in a horse stabled on the grounds during the 2006 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Persons who were bitten or came in contact with saliva from the infected horse from August 23-31, 2006, while attending the Celebration, may have been exposed to rabies and are asked to contact the Tennessee Department of Health for an assessment.
The horse did not take part in the competitions and was stabled on the north side of Barn 50 in stall #12, the third stall from the west end. The potential for contact by the public was very ...