DES MOINES, Iowa, Sep 29, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- The Iowa Department of
Public health said a woman found a dead bat in her coffee filter after she had
been drinking the beverage.
The department said the woman, who was from the eastern part of the state, made
her coffee in the evening then drank it the next morning, The (Cedar Rapids,
Iowa) Gazette reported Monday.
The woman told officials that when she went to change the filter that evening,
she found the dead bat inside.
Ann Garvey, a veterinarian with the department, said the woman underwent
treatment for rabies after the bat corpse's brain was found by the University
Hygienic Laboratory in Oakdale, Calif., to have been too cooked by the coffee
maker for rabies testing.
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