AppHealthCare Flags Aug. 8 Boone Party for Rabies Exposure From Infected Petting Zoo Goats
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Updated · wataugaonline.com · Aug 29
AppHealthCare Flags Aug. 8 Boone Party for Rabies Exposure From Infected Petting Zoo Goats
2 articles · Updated · wataugaonline.com · Aug 29
Summary
An Aug. 8 birthday party in Boone has been identified as a specific exposure site after rabies was confirmed in baby goats from Farm Adventures, and AppHealthCare wants every attendee assessed.
Risk depends on direct contact with the goats—through bites, scratches or saliva reaching broken skin or mucous membranes—and preventive treatment works only before symptoms begin.
Farm Adventures' goats may have exposed people at its Harmony base and off-site events in multiple counties between July 28 and Aug. 27, with organizers being notified as the investigation continues.
North Carolina has reported no human rabies cases since 2011, but the disease is almost always fatal once symptoms appear; in 2025, about 6% of more than 4,000 animals tested statewide were positive.