Arnold Ziffle
Well-known member
Has anybody here had any direct experience with rabies in cattle?
Rabies
- Thread starter Arnold Ziffle
- Start date
sidney411
Well-known member
I wasn't aware that cattle (herbavores) got rabies.
Ryder
Well-known member
I saw it once a long time ago when I was a kid. I was too young to be involved, but my parents were handling this animal that was slobbering profusly. A "vet" came and went into the pen. Took one look and came back out a lot faster than he went in. My parents had to take a series of shots.Arnold Ziffle":1g3vvv9a said:
jerry27150
Well-known member
a neighbor had it once in holstein heifers. didn't know what it was & vet had them poking feed down their throats, they finally found out what it was & had to take the rabies shots
sidney411
Well-known member
What happens to a cow that has rabies? What are the symptoms other then foaming at the mouth?
Medic24
Well-known member
Rabies can and do effect cattle sometimes. But often only when there is a very concentrated outbreak of same within the local area.
Foaming at the mouth, lack of control, and coordination are but a few of the symptoms.
When I had ot take classes for wildlife control a few years ago, they had it on the list of commonly known animals that can and do get it, but it seems that horses get it more often for some reason......but did you know........
that opposums are resistant to it? Not immune, but resistant to rabies as well as alot of other diseases that other animals get? Seems coons get almost everything! :cboy:
Foaming at the mouth, lack of control, and coordination are but a few of the symptoms.
When I had ot take classes for wildlife control a few years ago, they had it on the list of commonly known animals that can and do get it, but it seems that horses get it more often for some reason......but did you know........
that opposums are resistant to it? Not immune, but resistant to rabies as well as alot of other diseases that other animals get? Seems coons get almost everything! :cboy:
Medic24
Well-known member
Rabies can and do effect cattle sometimes. But often only when there is a very concentrated outbreak of same within the local area.
Foaming at the mouth, lack of control, and coordination are but a few of the symptoms.
When I had ot take classes for wildlife control a few years ago, they had it on the list of commonly known animals that can and do get it, but it seems that horses get it more often for some reason......but did you know........
that opposums are resistant to it? Not immune, but resistant to rabies as well as alot of other diseases that other animals get? Seems coons get almost everything! :cboy:
Foaming at the mouth, lack of control, and coordination are but a few of the symptoms.
When I had ot take classes for wildlife control a few years ago, they had it on the list of commonly known animals that can and do get it, but it seems that horses get it more often for some reason......but did you know........
that opposums are resistant to it? Not immune, but resistant to rabies as well as alot of other diseases that other animals get? Seems coons get almost everything! :cboy:
Vicky the vet
Well-known member
Yes I've seen it. Yes, I've diagnosed it in cattle. What specifically do you want to know?
V
V
certherfbeef
Well-known member
Had to put a jersey down when I worked on the college dairy. Vet said it was rabies. They wouldn't let us near her. She didn't have much muscle control and was frothing at the mouth.
The raccoons were a BIG problem in the freestall barn. They would come in at night and eat the TMR that the cows left. Vet thinks the jersey contracted it from one of the coons.
The raccoons were a BIG problem in the freestall barn. They would come in at night and eat the TMR that the cows left. Vet thinks the jersey contracted it from one of the coons.
Crowderfarms
Well-known member
Skunks can also be a carrier of rabies, and love to get in barns...
Campground Cattle
Well-known member
Arnold Ziffle":2y0jdxpk said:
My Grandpa had his penned and a rabid fox got in the pen, I don't remember how many he had to destroy and burn.
CattleAnnie
Well-known member
Sorry Arnold. Closest thing I've seen to a rabid cow is my ex-sister-in-law when it was "that time of the month".
(Unfortunately seemed like it was always that time with her....)
Take care.
(Unfortunately seemed like it was always that time with her....)
Take care.
Rabies is a definate factor in cattle. In NY, we have to vaccinated cattle for rabies (by the vet) in order to go to any shows. Raccoons, skunks & fox are/can be affected & transmit it to cattle, dogs, cats, etc. We have had wild animal rabies around for several years now. Some farms vaccinate their whole herd - but it is a restricted drug and a vet has to administer the shots - in NEW YORK.
samm
Well-known member
haven't ya'll ever seen "old yellow" the disney movie....thier cow got rabies, and they burned her up....and old yellow got it from the coyote that gave it to the cow and they had to shoot old yellow......sad sad movie.
samm
Well-known member
i thought disney movies was kinda like life......ya know with jimney cricket, mickey mouse., bambi..etc...ya know real characters... :lol:
dun i would not actually take old yellow to heart, cuz if i had to, i would shoot a rabid animal....even little bambi
dun i would not actually take old yellow to heart, cuz if i had to, i would shoot a rabid animal....even little bambi
sidney411
Well-known member
Does the rabid animal have to bite you to get the rabies? How do the cattle get it? How is it transfered to humans from cattle? Is it diagnosed strictly by the signs or do you run a blood test? Is there a cure?
Ryder
Well-known member
They do not have to bite you. I thought somebody explained that, but can't find their post. Saliva will do it (I would guess blood also, but not sure)-but saliva in an opening in your skin. Therefore handling the animal can be dangerous.sidney411":271i68dn said:
Cattle normally get it from being bitten by another animal. Other ways, I don't know-I wonder if it could be transferred through shared feed or water trough? I would think probably so.
As fate would have it, there was a story on TV news this morning about a girl that had displayed the symptoms and was cured by a combinatin of new drugs. They said she was the first human to ever show symptoms and survive.
In dead animals it is diagnosed by examination of brain if I remember correctly.
In people, just get the series of shots if you have been exposed in such a way that you may be in danger. Other than this case, if you show symptoms it is a bit tooo late.
Foxes, Skunks, Raccoons... and don't forget BATS..... are the big reservoirs for rabies. They bite another animal, and if that animal doesn't immediately die from that particular bite--it will become infected with the rabies virus and pass it on to something else.
Free roaming cats seem to be the largest domestic carrier of rabies..and it makes sense why. They are often roaming at night--the same time wildlife is out and active.
Very important to control your barn cat population and make sure they are all vaccinated for distemper and rabies.
All the rabies cases in my town were initially started by stray cats.
An extended family of 70+ people had to be vaccinated when one of the kids came home with a sick kitten. It tested positive and started a frenzy in 3 towns. Eventually 800 + other people in the 3 towns had to be vaccinated as well. All came into contact with the litter of kittens the rabid one came from. Most hospitals do not carry that amount of rabies vaccine.....which started another panic.
A rabid animal does NOT have to directly bite you for you to be infected. The saliva of that animal can infect you just as badly as a direct bite.
Example:
If a rabid animal attacked your cat and you grabbed that cat and carried it into the house--more than likely you would have the rabid animals saliva and blood on your SKIN. Wash yourself throughly and get to the hospital for the series of rabies shots ( 3 )
Don't pick dead wildlife off of the road unless you are wearing gloves.
There is alot of controversy about "how long" the rabies virus can be active in a dead animal in the summer and winter months
Cattle can get rabies from a bat bite, raccoon bite, skunk bite, fox bite etc.-- or from licking the infected saliva off of another animal. Rabid animals sometimes go into a blind rage and start attacking everything in sight. If a cow is in the way, it gets bitten and so forth and so on.
If you handle an infected cow and she spits some saliva on your skin ( face, arms etc ) its a good chance you will become infected.
Once someone starts showing the symptoms of rabies, it is too late. It is a fatal disease and a very very nasty way to die.
I have seem videos of infected people in 3rd world countries.
If you think you have "been in contact" with an infected animal, contain that animal, if you can, for testing--wash the areas on your body that came into contact with lots of soap and get yourself to the hospital for the rabies shots ASAP.
The only way to test an animal--or a person-- is after it is dead. A piece of brain tissue is used to run a simple test. *** So...do NOT shoot any suspected animal in the head or it can NOT be tested. Please remember this.
I hope this answers your questions.
There is no greater teacher than experience itself,
Cowcop <------- rabid skunk saliva. Vaccinated.
Free roaming cats seem to be the largest domestic carrier of rabies..and it makes sense why. They are often roaming at night--the same time wildlife is out and active.
Very important to control your barn cat population and make sure they are all vaccinated for distemper and rabies.
All the rabies cases in my town were initially started by stray cats.
An extended family of 70+ people had to be vaccinated when one of the kids came home with a sick kitten. It tested positive and started a frenzy in 3 towns. Eventually 800 + other people in the 3 towns had to be vaccinated as well. All came into contact with the litter of kittens the rabid one came from. Most hospitals do not carry that amount of rabies vaccine.....which started another panic.
A rabid animal does NOT have to directly bite you for you to be infected. The saliva of that animal can infect you just as badly as a direct bite.
Example:
If a rabid animal attacked your cat and you grabbed that cat and carried it into the house--more than likely you would have the rabid animals saliva and blood on your SKIN. Wash yourself throughly and get to the hospital for the series of rabies shots ( 3 )
Don't pick dead wildlife off of the road unless you are wearing gloves.
There is alot of controversy about "how long" the rabies virus can be active in a dead animal in the summer and winter months
Cattle can get rabies from a bat bite, raccoon bite, skunk bite, fox bite etc.-- or from licking the infected saliva off of another animal. Rabid animals sometimes go into a blind rage and start attacking everything in sight. If a cow is in the way, it gets bitten and so forth and so on.
If you handle an infected cow and she spits some saliva on your skin ( face, arms etc ) its a good chance you will become infected.
Once someone starts showing the symptoms of rabies, it is too late. It is a fatal disease and a very very nasty way to die.
I have seem videos of infected people in 3rd world countries.
If you think you have "been in contact" with an infected animal, contain that animal, if you can, for testing--wash the areas on your body that came into contact with lots of soap and get yourself to the hospital for the rabies shots ASAP.
The only way to test an animal--or a person-- is after it is dead. A piece of brain tissue is used to run a simple test. *** So...do NOT shoot any suspected animal in the head or it can NOT be tested. Please remember this.
I hope this answers your questions.
There is no greater teacher than experience itself,
Cowcop <------- rabid skunk saliva. Vaccinated.
sidney411
Well-known member
Wow , thanks for your explanation! I was not even in the least bit concerned with rabies. We do have stray cats and quite a few skunks around our barns....... just something else to be aware of.
