NC Health Officials Alert Visitors to Mobile Petting Zoo After Baby Goats Test Positive for Rabies
North Carolina health officials are warning people who visited a mobile petting zoo where baby goats tested positive for rabies to seek medical attention and contact their local health department.
North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services has issued a warning to visitors who came into contact with baby goats at a mobile petting zoo that have tested positive for rabies. Multiple animals from the same exhibit have been diagnosed with the disease, prompting health officials to urge people who visited the zoo between [date] and [date] to take precautions against potential exposure. Those who were in close proximity to the infected animals should contact their local health department for guidance on whether they need a post-exposure vaccination. The mobile petting zoo's owners are also cooperating with authorities to investigate how the outbreak occurred.
