Another WV County Reports Multiple Rabies Cases
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Posted: 11:47 AM Jun 18, 2009
Another WV County Reports Multiple Rabies Cases
JUMPING BRANCH, W.Va. (AP)
A fourth rabies case has been confirmed in Summers County after a raccoon killed by a dog tested positive for the virus.
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A fourth rabies case has been confirmed in Summers County after a raccoon killed by a dog tested positive for the virus.

Chad Meador with the Summers County Health Department says the raccoon was killed in the Ellison Ridge Road area near Jumping Branch. The animal tested positive for rabies Tuesday.

Meador says the dog wasn't vaccinated. The dog was placed under quarantine for six months after its owner refused to have it euthanized.

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