A skunk who tested positive for rabies was found in a Lexington neighborhood earlier this week, the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department reports.
According to LFCHD, the skunk, located in the Stone Creek/Willow Oaks neighborhoods, does not appear to have had any contact with neighborhood animals, but the agency encourages residents to keep watch of their pets.
"Rabies, a viral disease of humans, pets and wild animals, is transmitted from animals to humans by the saliva of a rabid animal, usually from a bite," LFCHD said. "State law requires that all dogs, cats and ferrets maintain a current rabies vaccination."
