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Show Rabies Fears Calmed In Southeast Area Fears of rabies in the southeast area have been calmed by a preliminary pre-liminary report from the State Health Department. A dog suspected of having rabies one of three in the city was destroyed by Salt Lake City police earlier this week and turned over to health authorities for examination. examina-tion. Police were called to 1231 E. Warnock Ave. after the dog was reported "frothing at the mouth." According to the health department, depart-ment, the preliminary examination on the dog's brain failed to show any evidence of negri bodies. The bodies are indications of rabies, health oficen said. The health department will continue con-tinue their checks, Injecting mica (Continued on Faga 6) Rabies (Continued from Page 1) with material from the dog's brain to substantiate their earlier findings. find-ings. The Warnick Ave. dog, a brown and white cocker spaniel, was shot by Officer Robert G. Whitmore at the above address, Officer Whitmore said he found dog foaming foam-ing at the mouth and blind. He said -it ran head-first into a fence with enough force to break it. Although this scare is apparently apparent-ly unfounded, dog owners have been urged to have their pets vaccinated against rabies. The shots are available now at all veterinary hospitals for $3 dollars dol-lars and have been described as "very, very efficient." The vaccine vac-cine will last up to three years. The new rabies vaccine, according accord-ing to a local veterinarian, is a chick-embryo and is a substantial improvement over vaccine used several years ago. |