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USDA releases rabies vaccines for wildlife in Maine and 12 other states

USDA releases rabies vaccines for wildlife in Maine and 12 other states

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USDA wildlife specialist Will Guigou, right, and pilot Thomas Taylor prepare to distribute baited rabies vaccine packets by helicopter in 2013 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This year, the US government began dropping millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes over 13 states from Maine to Alabama. Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press via …

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USDA releases rabies vaccines for wildlife in 13 states

USDA releases rabies vaccines for wildlife in 13 states

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By JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun dropping millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes in 13 states from Maine to Alabama. The main goal is to prevent raccoons from spreading their strain of the deadly virus to states where it hasn’t …

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A tranquillized raccoon has its ear tagged by U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialist Robert Acabbo in Grand Isle, Vt., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

USDA releases rabies vaccines for wildlife in Maine and 12 other states

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun dropping millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes in 13 states from Maine to Alabama. The main goal is to prevent raccoons from spreading their strain of the deadly virus to states where it hasn’t been found or isn’t prevalent, …

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USDA releases rabies vaccines for wildlife in Georgia and 12 other states - WABE

USDA releases rabies vaccines for wildlife in Georgia and 12 other states – WABE

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The US Department of Agriculture has begun dropping millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes in 13 states, from Maine to Georgia. The main goal is to prevent raccoons from spreading their strain of the deadly virus to states where it hasn’t been found or isn’t prevalent, said Jordona Kirby, field …

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