Low-cost Rabies Clinic is Saturday, February 2 Posted on
1/17/2013 Please have dogs on leashes and cats and ferrets be in
carriers. If you do not have a carrier, loaners are available.
Pets must be 3 months of age or older to receive the rabies
shot. This clinic is ONLY FOR 1-YEAR VACCINATIONS. Forsyth
County Animal Control is located at 5570 Sturmer Park Circle in
Winston-Salem (just off University Parkway). For more
information, call (336) 703-2480. In 2012, there were 14
confirmed cases of Rabies in Forsyth County. Rabies is a
preventable disease of mammals most often transmitted through
the bite of a rabid animal. That is because rabid animals have
the disease in their saliva or drool. If rabies enters the body,
it attacks the brain and spinal cord. In North Carolina,
raccoons are more likely to have rabies than any other animal.
However, cats, dogs, foxes, skunks, and farm animals can also
get rabies. Even humans can get rabies. Rabies kills if it is
not prevented. Once signs of the disease appear in an