A bobcat that scratched a horse last week in Florida has tested positive for rabies. The attack occurred on May 21 on Cherokee Street in Palm City. This is the first case of rabies in Martin county this year. Last year three animals tested positive for rabies—a bobcat, a raccoon, and a fox.

The horse will be placed in quarantine for six months.

Rabies is a virus that is transmitted from the bite or scratch of a rabid animal. Any mammal can get rabies. The most common carriers of rabies are raccoons, skunks, bats, foxes, and coyotes. Cats are the most frequently reported rabid domestic animal in the United States