By Kevin Hursh

Rabid skunks and bats

Feb 3, 2011 | 5:53 AM

for paNOW

You don’t hear about rabies very often, but cases continue to show up across the country. Each year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency compiles data on the confirmed cases. For 2010, most of the cases were in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Ontario had 10 skunks and 29 bats confirmed with rabies. Manitoba had three cats, one cow, one horse, 33 skunks and two bats. In Saskatchewan, rabies was found in three dogs, 17 skunks and one bat. Alberta had a low incidence with only one cat and two bats with the disease.

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