Investigators are trying to figure out how horse got rabies

CHERRYVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Investigators in North Carolina are trying to figure out how a horse contracted rabies.

The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday that rabies in horses is uncommon in the United States.

The rabid horse was at a farm in Cherryville in Gaston County, which is about 30 miles northwest of Charlotte.

The infection was discovered by a veterinarian who was treating “a sick horse” last week.

The horse has died.

The farm’s other horses are being given a rabies vaccination and are being observed.

There are about 30 to 60 rabies cases among horses out of nearly 7,000 cases in the U.S. each year.