USDA distributes rabies vaccine baits

The prevention of a very serious and deadly disease is underway. The USDA will be spending the next few months spreading rabies oral vaccine baits throughout Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States. On Monday, the baits were spread through St. Lawrence County. Public health officials told our Cara Thomas that this method has proven successful over the years and has kept residents and their pets safe.

Each year the USDA deploys hundreds of thousands of rabies oral vaccination baits to help stop the spread of this infectious disease. And on Monday, baits were spread across Northern New York, including all of St. Lawrence County.

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