[Artemisia] [Fwd: [SCA Equestrian] Fw: Tennessee_Rabies_Announcement[1]]

[Yaasamiina]

Good info below.
Yaasamiin to some
Willa to others

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Subject: 	[SCA Equestrian] Fw: Tennessee_Rabies_Announcement[1]
Date: 	Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:22:21 -0500
From: 	Laura Betenbaugh <mbetenbaugh at houston.rr.com>
Reply-To: 	sca-equine at midrealm.org
To: 	<Ansteorra-Equestrian at yahoogroups.com>, 
<SCA-Jousting at yahoogroups.com>, <sca-equine at midrealm.org>




A must read for horse owners. This announcement came from Texas, but the 
horse was in Tennessee.
Lorraine

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  / //news// release/


    1100 West 49th Street • Austin, Texas 78756 • (512) 458-7400


        /September 12, 2006/

/ /


  *Tennessee Horse Show Attendees May Have Been Exposed to Rabies*

Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) officials say that 
people who attended the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in 
Shelbyville, TN, may have been exposed to a horse that has tested 
positive for rabies.

The horse was a 3-year-old gelding (neutered male), cream to tan in 
color with a black mane and tail, standing about 14 hands (56 inches) at 
the base of the mane. During the event, the horse was ridden by the 
owners and stabled on the grounds in barn number 50. Illness was first 
noticed in the horse on August 28.

DSHS officials are requesting that people who attended the celebration 
between August 23 and August 31 call the Tennessee Department of Health, 
Public Information Line at 866-355-6129 if they had one of the following 
potential exposures with the rabid horse. Those exposures are having 
been bitten, or having saliva from the horse come in contact with their 
eyes, nose, mouth, other mucous membranes, or a fresh wound. If 
Tennessee health authorities determine that a Texas resident was indeed 
exposed to rabies through interaction with the rabid horse, the resident 
should contact a health care provider to seek treatment. Additional 
information regarding rabies infection and treatment is available 
through local city and county health departments as well as the DSHS 
Zoonosis Control Branch at (toll-free) 800-252-8239 (select option 3).

Rabies is a viral illness that is almost always fatal in humans once 
symptoms occur. People may become infected with the rabies virus if they 
are exposed, as described above, to the saliva of an animal that has the 
disease. A series of post-exposure shots, if given in time, can prevent 
rabies from developing.

About 150,000 people attended the celebration.

/-30-/

/(*News media:* for more information contact Tom Sidwa, DVM, Manager, 
DSHS Zoonosis Control Branch, 512-/458-7255 or (800) 252-8239/; or Emily 
Palmer, DSHS Assistant Press Officer, 512-458-7400.)/