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Be warned your cattle, goats and sheep can infect you with rabies

These animals(a Cow,a hen and Dogs) were spotted sharing spoils, each waiting for its turn to explore from the waste pin at Action Estate in Eldoret in Uasin Gishu County yesterday. The cow is seen exploring inside the waste pin as the dogs and a hen waiting for their turn to sample from the pin.2/8/2016 PHOTO BY ELIUD KIPSANG

September 28 was World Rabies Day, so to create more awareness on it, today I will focus on this deadly disease.

Rabies is among deadly animal diseases that is shared with human beings. The disease is commonly transmitted from dogs (95 per cent of cases) to cows, sheep, goats, pig, rabbits and horses. Actually, the disease can be transmitted to virtually all warm blooded mammals through bites.

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