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Positive rabies results

Posted on June 25, 2009June 25, 2009 by Staff

Two positives rabies results for foxes have been received by Orange County Animal Services from the North Carolina Rabies Laboratory.

On Tuesday, a woman was bitten by a fox in the vicinity of Weaver Dairy and Kingston roads in Chapel Hill. Later that day, in the immediate vicinity, another woman was bitten by what is believed to be the same fox. The fox was caught by an animal control officer that afternoon and was sent to the state rabies lab for testing.

The same day, residents in the vicinity of Old Turner and Crossroads Church Cemetery roads south of Hillsborough were walking with their two dogs when the dogs began to fight with a fox. The dogs were moved into the house and animal control was called to remove the fox.

The women who were bitten were referred to the Orange County Health Department and are undergoing treatment. Those with secondary exposure are being assessed before treatment decisions are made.

So far this year, there have been eight positive rabies cases in Orange County. Results include two raccoons, two bats, two foxes and one skunk.

Also on Tuesday, a fox bit a 4-year-old girl at the Westminster School for Young Children in Durham.

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