ALABAMA (WRBL) — Officials with the Alabama Department of Public Health announced that a horse had tested positive for rabies.

Health experts confirmed the case after the horse's owners said they noticed the horse had scratch marks on her nose as she began rubbing and showing irritation, according to officials.

Officials say eventually, the horse's symptoms became worse as it began to stop eating, became violent, and began attacking and biting herself. The horse had died 72 hours later.

The horse’s body had been submitted to the J.B. Taylor Diagnostic Laboratory of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries in Elba, and the samples were sent to the clinical laboratories in Mobile, according to the health department.

It was then confirmed that the horse was positive for rabies

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