{"id":32999,"date":"2023-06-21T12:19:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=32999"},"modified":"2023-06-21T12:19:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:19:30","slug":"polk-county-officials-confirm-the-second-case-of-rabies-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/06\/21\/polk-county-officials-confirm-the-second-case-of-rabies-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County officials confirm the second case of rabies in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This case comes after a dead bat was found in a dog\u2019s mouth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bat-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bat-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bat-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bat-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/bat.png 1280w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the second time this year, a rabies case has been confirmed in Polk County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheriff\u2019s office officials said in a news release that a family dog was found with a dead bat in its mouth. The family contacted PCSO Animal Control, and an officer took possession of the bat, the release shows.in Sanford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The animal was sent for additional testing in a state laboratory in Tampa, according to deputies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputies said the test results were received on Tuesday, confirming that the bat tested positive for the deadly virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThankfully, this dog was current on its rabies vaccination and not injured. He will have to be quarantined to make sure he is not infected. Remember, if a wild animal is in distress, acting aggressive or appears sick, stay away from it and contact Animal Control immediately,\u201d Sheriff Grady Judd said in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on rabies in Florida, including tips to prevent rabies,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/diseases-and-conditions\/rabies\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This case comes after a dead bat was found in a dog\u2019s mouth For the second time this year, a rabies case has been confirmed in Polk County. Sheriff\u2019s office&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[5278],"class_list":["post-32999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-polk-county-officials-confirm-the-second-case-of-rabies-in-2023"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}