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2014: Animals That Tested Positive for Rabies in Erie County

Count Date Reported Positive Animal Township
1 1/6/2014 Bat Buffalo
2 1/16/2014 Skunk Irving*
3 1/17/2014 Bat Kenmore
4 3/5/2014 Raccoon North Collins
5 4/15/2014 Raccoon Lancaster
6 5/13/2014 Bat Lancaster
7 5/14/2014 Raccoon Eden
8 5/15/2014 Raccoon Aurora
9 5/29/2014 Cat** Newstead
10 6/5/2014 Fox Concord
11 6/11/2014 Bat West Seneca
12 6/12/2014 Bat Buffalo
13 6/12/2014 Raccoon Alden
14 6/20/2014 Bat ClarenceCenter
15 7/23/2014 Bat Depew
16 8/6/2014 Bat Evans
17 8/25/2014 Bat Buffalo
18 8/26/2014 Cat Clarence
19 8/26/2014 Bat Buffalo
20 8/27/2014 Bat Eden
21 9/5/2014 Bat Hamburg
22 9/6/2014 Bat Irving
23 9/12/2014 Bat Amherst
24 9/15/2014 Bat Buffalo
25 9/23/2014 Bat Clarence
26 10/16/2014 Bat Buffalo
27 10/17/2014 Bat Cheektowaga
28 10/22/2014 Bat Colden
29 11/13/2014 Bat Amherst
30 12/10/2014 Raccoon Colden

*Investigation and specimen preparation done by Erie County for the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.

**Raccoon variant rabies virus determined by real time RT-PCR.

Number of Animals Found Positive for Rabies in 2014

Type of Animal Number Positive
Bat 20
Cat 2
Deer  
Dog  
Fox 1
Raccoon 6
Skunk 1
Woodchuck  
Cattle  
Total 30

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