Posted on 07/27/2007 4:25:05 PM PDT by aomagrat
Softball players, coaches, family members and anyone else who had direct contact with a gray stray kitten while at the July 13-15 South Atlantic Summer Showdown softball tournament in Spartanburg county are being urged to call 211 or the closest county public health department as soon as possible.
DHEC is investigating a possible rabies exposure after a stray cat found at the ball field during the tournament and passed around in a box later was found to have rabies.
Anyone who was bitten, scratched, licked or otherwise exposed to the kit-tens saliva while at the tournament is asked to contact his or her local public health department. Just petting a kitten does not put someone at risk for rabies.
To find your local public health department, call (803) 898-3432 or visit www.scdhec.gov/health and click on the name of your county.
DHEC has heard from some softball teams, and is asking the following to make contact as well: - Carolina Thunder (16 and under) - Carolina Sandlappers (14 and under) - Carolina Crush (18 and under) - Carolina Crush (10 and under) - Americaz Most Wanted (16 and under) - Palmetto Wildfire (18 and under) - Parker Eagles (14 and under) - Palmetto Gators (12 and under); - Carolina Swarm (14 and under) - Upstate Outlawz (16 and under) - Upstate Outlawz (12 and under)
The new rabies vaccinations/treatment (since 1982) is not as painful as the old DEE series but the cost is astronomical....
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Poor kitty.
Sometimes you wonder just how everything got out of control.
Rabies, heartworms. a half dozen other things that make their lives so painful and short.
It’s not fair. I know life isn’t, but doesn’t mean I gotta like it.
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