A moose acting aggressively in a Northwest Alaska community tested positive for rabies this month, marking the first rabid moose case detected in the state — and North America overall.
The case has prompted Alaska officials to increase rabies surveillance across a large swath of the state.
Fish and Game staff, after consulting with Beckmen, killed the moose that afternoon because of its aggressive behavior and signs indicative of a rabies infection. The carcass was burned to make sure the virus didn’t spread to any scavengers, Beckmen said. While Fish and Game initially said last Wednesday that moose in South Dakota, Minnesota and Canada have also been diagnosed with rabies, the department corrected its statement Monday to reflect that the only known cases of rabies in moose have been reported in Europe.Beckmen said that those locations in North America were places where moose were tested for rabies — but the results were negative.
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