US EditionWeber, Morgan Health Officials Warn Residents After Bat Tests Positive for Rabies
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Weber, Morgan health officials warn residents after bat tests positive for rabies
Health officials are asking residents to make sure their pets' vaccinations are up to date and to avoid touching bats or wild animals after a bat found in Morgan County tested positive for rabies.
Morgan County reports first rabies-infected bat of Utah’s 2025 season, warns of other possible animal carriers
MORGAN COUNTY, Utah, June 4, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) -- A bat found in Morgan County has tested positive for rabies, according to the Weber-Morgan Health Department. WMHD officials are reminding residents to avoid touching bats or other wild animals that may carry the fatal disease, and to keep pets' rabies vaccinations up to date. "Bats play an important role in our ecosystem and the majority of the bats in our population are healthy and tend to …
Our country has been free of the disease since 1978, although cases occur sporadically in animals in Ceuta and Melilla
OGDEN, UTAH- A bat found in Morgan County tested positive for rabies, which has led officials of the Weber-Morgan Health Department to remind residents to keep their pets' vaccines up to date and avoid touching bats or other wild animals that can transmit this deadly disease. “Bats play an important role in our ecosystem and most bats in our population are healthy and tend to stay isolated,” says Amy Carter, a communicable disease nurse at the W…
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