Government of Saskatchewan ministries, Crown corporations and organizations are working to minimize the impacts of the postal service disruption.

Les ministères, les sociétés d’État et les organismes du gouvernement de la Saskatchewan travaillent à réduire au minimum les répercussions de l’interruption des services postaux.

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RABIES ALERT FOR TRAVELLERS TO IOWA

Released on September 7, 1999

Saskatchewan Health is alerting persons who have recently visited Swenson's

Wild Midwest Exotic Petting Zoo in Clermont, Iowa of a potential risk of rabies.



A bear cub died of rabies August 27, 1999.



Anyone who was licked, scratched or bitten by this five- or six-month-old cub

after July 31, 1999 should contact his or her local health district or personal

physician for immediate assessment for rabies vaccination.



Rabies is a fatal viral illness of the nervous system transmitted through bites

and licks of infected wild animals such as skunks, foxes and bats. The disease

can be prevented in domestic animals and humans through the use of a vaccine.



Saskatchewan has not had a case of human rabies in the past 10 years of

surveillance.





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For more information, contact:



Jeff Brown

Communications Branch

Saskatchewan Health

Regina

Phone: (306) 787-4088

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