Two rabies cases have been confirmed as positive in Gloucester County in recent weeks.
The Gloucester Health Department was notified of the most recent confirmed case—the seventh this year—on Nov. 15, said M.B. Sheppard, environmental health supervisor for the local health department and Three Rivers Health District. The local department received confirmation of the sixth positive rabies case on Oct. 29.
In the most recent case, Sheppard said Wednesday, a dog in the Roanes area was exposed to rabies by a raccoon on Nov. 13. Since the dog’s rabies vaccinations had expired, he said, the dog will receive a booster shot and undergo strict isolation in a special cage on the owner’s property for six months.
The owner was given a choice of keeping the dog in isolation or euthanizing the pet, Sheppard said.
The other incident occurred Oct. 24 in the Adner/Lee’s Neck Farm area of Gloucester. Sheppard said two dogs were exposed to a skunk, which a departme...
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