Four baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabies

Four baby goats from a North Carolina mobile petting zoo tested positive for rabies and were euthanized, and health officials are asking anyone who may have had contact with them to reach out for possible treatment.

Four baby goats from a North Carolina mobile petting zoo tested positive for rabies and were euthanized, and health officials are asking anyone who may have had contact with them to reach out for possible treatment.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said anyone who had contact with the baby goats at Farm Adventures’ location in Harmony, North Carolina, or at one of its mobile events between July 28 and Thursday should contact local health officials.

“The petting zoo held off-site events involving children and elderly individuals across multiple counties within that time frame,” the department said.

Health professionals may determine whether people who had contact with the baby goats need further examination or precautionary medication, it said.

Without it, rabies is almost always fatal in humans, the state health department said.