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Iowa City Animal Services is looking for rabies vaccine information for a dog involved in a recent bite incident.Officials ...

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Iowa City Animal Services is investigating a cat bite incident that occurred on Monday, June 30, around 4:30 p.m. in the 400 Block of Westwind ...

A bat recently tested positive for rabies in Pueblo County. Here's what to know about the disease and its presence in Pueblo.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa City Animal Services says it is looking for information about a dog that bit someone on Tuesday afternoon. It happened in the area of the 1900 block of California Avenue.

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Louise Round, a marine animal medic, explained that “seal finger” is caused by the necrotic bacteria on their teeth. She said: “It’s a really nasty blood infection, it’s horrible.

Although a human bite can't carry rabies, like some wild animals, the risk for severe infection is high, he said. "One-in-10 human bites gets infected," Dr. Bay said.