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Scout the rescue beagle mix became seriously ill after ingesting a rabies vaccine bait that was airdropped into her family's yard

The baits, dropped by low-flying helicopters, were intended to treat the raccoons in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to prevent the spread of rabies

Scout several days in the hospital dealing with a lung infection and pneumonia

Scout is on the mend after an unusual health scare.

According to Nancy Golio Brodeur and Brian Brodeur, the owners of Scout, a 6-year-old beagle mix, found several AA battery-sized gold packets on the lawn of their fenced backyard in Jefferson Hills, Penn., on Sept. 3.

Unsure what they were, the couple looked up the text on the packets and discovered the small rectangles were rabies vaccine baits meant to be ingested by

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