Overview
- State lab tests confirmed rabies in three baby goats from Farm Adventures on Aug. 28 and a fourth is presumed infected after a necropsy and follow-up testing.
- Officials say the goats were likely exposed in late July when a skunk entered an enclosed pen and bit animals that were too young to be vaccinated.
- The four infected baby goats were euthanized, the Farm Adventures operation has been quarantined, and the owner is cooperating with state and local agencies.
- Health departments have opened call lines and are notifying event organizers to find people who had direct contact with the goats at the Harmony site or at off-site events from July 28 through Aug. 27.
- No human rabies cases have been reported so far and public-health officials stress that prompt post-exposure treatment prevents infection, but people who touched the goats should get a risk assessment immediately.