Read the disclaimer . Every year at this time, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association issues its report on the incidence of rabies within the United States.
Nobody gets rabies in the United States, right.
Rabies was found in domestic animals in 39 states and Puerto Rico. There were no cases of rabies in domestic animals reported in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, and Washington. The most commonly involved domestic species again in 1999 was the cat, with 278 cases. Interestingly, cattle were the next most common, representing 135 cases. In industrialized nations such as the U.S., the primary reservoir of rabies virus is the native wildlife population.