Last week, I told you about a 2-year-old heifer that showed all the symptoms of rabies – including aggressive behavior, inability to swallow, frothing at the mouth and death. When she died, we removed her brain and sent it to the lab for diagnosis. Long story short, she did not have rabies. We do not know the true cause of death. The attending veterinarian suspects a toxic weed.
We had a horse die of almost the same sounding thing back in Tx. He couldn’t swallow. Vet had no idea what went wrong.
Was rabies considered ?