CENTRAL, Ala. —

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A program begins Friday to prevent the spread of rabies by wild animals across central Alabama.

Workers are using low-flying helicopters, airplanes and trucks to distribute thousands of oral vaccines across 14 counties.

The annual U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program will take place in parts of Autauga, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Coosa, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, St. Clair, Shelby, and Talladega counties for about three weeks, according to the DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency .

The oral rabies vaccines will be distributed across a bait zone of approximately 14,000 square kilometers targeting raccoons and other wildlife.

USDA personnel will also distribute them from trucks along roa

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