Horse in Coffee County is Confirmed Positive for Rabies

Horse in Coffee County is Confirmed Positive for Rabies

An investigation was begun September 22 after a horse in Coffee County was confirmed positive for rabies

An investigation was begun September 22 after a horse in Coffee County was confirmed positive for rabies. Rabies is a viral disease that is almost always fatal if untreated.

The horse’s owners said they noticed the horse had scratch marks on her nose, and she began rubbing and showing irritation there. A friendly horse, they assumed the scratches came from a fox or raccoon that she had approached. The ill horse stopped eating, symptoms worsened over the 72 hours before her death, and she became violent and began attacking and biting herself. The horse’s body was initially submitted to the J.B. Taylor Diagnostic Laboratory of the