RENO COUNTY—A veterinary service in Reno County is reporting a case of rabies.
On Thursday afternoon, Ninnescah Veterinary Service LLC, 13408 S. Mohawk Road, Hutchinson, shared on social media they. had just diagnosed a positive case of rabies in a farm cat.
"We treat every bite wound from a non vaccinated animal very serious as it may life or death situation." "We had a client pick up a farm cat and was severely bit on the arm."
"Under the advice of Dr Clay the farm cat was brought into the clinic and euthanized for testing. Dr Clay informed the client to go to the emergency room and start rabies vaccinations immediately and not to wait for the test to come back from the lab."
"The owner complied to this recommendation and received her rabies vaccine and immunoglobulins."
"Two days later we got the results that the cat was indeed positive for rabies. This is the exact reason we push rabies vaccinations in pets so hard. We receive a lot of push back on rabies vaccine daily as if we are trying to up sale that vaccine to pet owners. We are truly pushing rabies vaccine as a public safety service."
"Rabies is a deadly disease but fortunately the vaccine is very effective in preventing the disease. Please get you pets vaccinated for rabies. It could be a matter of life and death for not only your pet but also you."