A bat tested positive for rabies after being found at Fullerton College last week, health officials in Orange County said Thursday.<\/p>\n
The animal was near the school’s music building on the corner of East Chapman Avenue and North Lemon Street last Friday at around 3:30 p.m., according to the Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA).<\/p>\n
Those who may have been in contact with the bat are asked to call the agency’s Communicable Disease Control Division at 714-834-8180. The HCA said pet owners who think their pet may have been exposed should reach out to their veterinarian.<\/p>\n
Rabies is a virus that can be transmitted to people through a rabid animal’s saliva when it bites someone, or sometimes when the saliva comes into contact with someone’s eyes, mouth or an open wound, according to the health officials.<\/p>\n
Because bats have small teeth, their bites may go unnoticed. However, once someone shows symptoms of rabies, the disease is often deadly, making preventative treatment for anyone exposed very important.<\/p>\n
Health officials recommend the following precautions:<\/p>\n
Avoid contact with wild animals.<\/p>\n
Make sure your pets are vaccinated against rabies.<\/p>\n
Close all doors and windows before sleeping.<\/p>\n
Don’t leave pet food outside.<\/p>\n
The agency said if a bat is inside your house, close off the area and contact OC Animal Care at 714-935-6848. If you get bitten, thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water before contacting your doctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bat tested positive for rabies after being found at Fullerton College last week, health officials in Orange…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,2628],"class_list":["post-283085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-fullerton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}