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Dave Miller
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Posted: Wed Jun 19th, 2002 07:00 pm |
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I saw the following article in the local news today:
http://www.kgw.com/health/stories/kgw_0619_health_news_rabid_bat.51e2217b.html
Unfortunately it is not well balanced and includes a picture of a flying fox in an "attack" pose (there are no flying foxes in Oregon). It looks to me like the bat in the photo is being held by it's wings for the camera.
I guess there is still a lot of education to be done....
Dave
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Joe Spencer
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Posted: Thu Jun 20th, 2002 03:15 am |
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| Dave when I clicked your link on the story it took me to a registration page for KGW channel 8 and would not show the story. :sad:
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Dave Miller
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Posted: Thu Jun 20th, 2002 08:32 pm |
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Hmm... sorry about that. Try this:
Click on the link, when it asks for registration click "Register Later". It will take you to their home page. From there click on "Health". From there click on "Oregon Boy Treated for Rabies After Bat Bite".
And if that fails, here's the text of the article.
Dave
Oregon Boy Treated for Rabies After Bat Bite
06/19/2002
Associated Press
A 5-year-old Cottage Grove boy is being treated for rabies after a rabid bat flew into his room through an open window and bit him on the finger.
The bat was found in the boy's bed, said Martha deBroekert, a Lane County public health nurse and epidemiologist.
The family, who asked not to be named, caught the bat in a jar and sent its body to the Oregon Department of Human Services in Portland for testing. Results Friday showed the bat had rabies, deBroekert said.
(Photo Courtesy: California Academy of Sciences)
The boy began a series of shots that day, deBroekert said. Treatment consists of a shot of antibodies delivered directly into the wound, followed by a series of five shots in the arm over 28 days.
With prompt treatment, there's no risk of contracting the disease.
Of the 30 or so bats tested so far this year in Oregon, the Cottage Grove bat was the first found to have rabies. In 2001, four of 59 tested had rabies, and in 2000, eight of 73 did.
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved)
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Mark Kiser
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Posted: Thu Jun 27th, 2002 05:41 pm |
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Greetings,
Here's a good story about the rescue of a colony in Florida. Enjoy.
Mark
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/06/27/TampaBay/6_000_bats__trapped.shtml
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Joe Spencer
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Posted: Mon Jul 8th, 2002 08:31 pm |
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My wife brought this one below to my attention after she read it in her August 2002 "REDBOOK" magazine. As Dave mentioned above, still a lot of education to do: :sad:
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Tracie
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Posted: Tue Jul 16th, 2002 09:11 pm |
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| Some good info there glad I brought it to your attention Joe. It does seem the ladies (on average) fear bats more than men.....
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