By Ben Axelson | [email protected] | Posted on 26 October 2018 at 06:50 | Updated October 26, 2018 at 7:21 am
The Associated Press
Rabies is a disease that causes great anxiety. By just biting, this can affect an animal's nervous system and turn a healthy, friendly animal into a restless and frightening animal foaming at the mouth and resulting in death.
Despite all its dangers, however, most domestic animals are protected from rabies by a vaccine and the majority of animals that test positive are found in the wild.
In New York, a small number of positive cases of rabies are reported each year. Below, we have ranked each county in the state of New York based on the number of positive rabies cases in 2017, according to data from the NYS Department of Health. The number of animals tested for rabies was used to break ties. You will also find the three main animals with rabies in each county.
No cases of rabies
The following counties have had no positive cases of rabies and are unclassified:
Niagara County (162 animals tested)
Kings County (14 animals tested)
Montgomery County (13 animals tested)
Queens County (6 animals tested)
Hamilton County (2 animals tested)
Richmond County has not been included in the 2017 data.
No. 56 Schuyler County
Positive tests of rabies: 1 raccoon
Animals tested: 13
# 55 New York County
Positive tests of rabies: 1 raccoon
Animals tested: 18
# 54 Seneca County
Positive rabies tests: 1 cat
Animals tested: 34
