Show Ephraim youth suffers from rabbit fever A warning was Issued this week to persons hunting rabbits to be sure not to touch the animals animals animals ani ani- mals they kill The warning came as a result of a case of rabbit fever contracted contracted con con- by Val Joe Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Hayley Anderson An- An derson of EphraIm The Anderson youth went rabbit rabbit rabbit rab rab- bit hunting about the of August He brought the rabbits home with him He had suffered a cut on his finger about the time that he went on the hunt On August he was taken to a local physician because he was suffering suffering suffering suf suf- fering from a high fever He was eventually told that it was felt that he was suffering from blood poisoning When he failed to respond to treatment for the blood poisoning poisoning poison polson ing a sample of his blood was sent to Salt Lake for tests It was discovered that he was suffering from the rabbit fever The doctor told the Andersons that Val had contracted the disease disease disease dis dis- ease through the cut on his finger Inger The youths youth's temperature tempera tempera- ture from the disease had risen as high as degrees He was told that It will take some time for him to get over the fever although it Is not con con- among humans The disease may also be picked up from rabbits squirrels squirrels squirrels rats and mice It may even be transferred to humans via mosquitoes If they have bitten an infected rabbit |