Rabid Goat

[Nanno]

Yikes! We first vaccinated Cuzco for rabies when we lived in western NY. I once found a rabid raccoon in our barn, and one afternoon a rabid woodchuck attacked my car on my way to the barn. We used the sheep vaccine. There was also a case back then where a 4-H goat at a huge county fair in western NY started acting strangely. It turned out to have rabies and so everyone who came in contact with that goat at the fair had to be treated. It was a huge nightmare because potentially hundreds of people had interacted with the goat at the fair before it showed symptoms. After that, all goats showing in NY state had to have a rabies vaccine even though there is no vaccine labeled for goats. What a headache.

I also used to have Cuzco inoculated when he was an "only goat". Now we have the dogs so I'm not so worried about something attacking our goats. If anything rabid shows up around here the dogs will get it before it comes near the goats, and of course the dogs are vaccinated.