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Rabies (from a Latin word meaning rage) is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in animals and people. It can affect most species of warm-blooded animals, but is rare among herbivores. In unvaccinated humans, rabies is almost invariably fatal once full-blown symptoms have developed, but prompt post-exposure vaccination usually prevents symptoms from developing.
Transmission and symptoms
The stereotypical image of an infected ("rabid") animal is a dog foaming at the mouth; however cats, ferrets, raccoons, skunks, foxes, wolves, coyotes, bears, and bats can also become rabid. Squirrels, chipmunks, other rodents (except beavers) and rabbits are very seldom infected, perhaps because they would not usually survive an attack by a rabid animal. Rabies may also be present in a so-called "paralytic" form, rendering the infected animal unnaturally quiet and withdrawn.
The virus is usually present in the saliva of a symptomatic rabid animal; the route of infection is nearly always by a bite. By causing the infected animal to be exceptionally aggressive, the virus ensures its transmission to the next host. Transmission has occurred via an aerosol through mucous membranes; transmission in this form may have happened in people exploring caves populated by rabid bats. Transmission from person to person is extremely rare, though it can happen through transplant surgery (see below for recent cases), or even more rarely through bites or kisses.
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The cat went to the vet today and got his distemper and rabies vaccinations, and was so good he even used his litter box before going!
itsdren (dren) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:33:23 -0000
The cat went to the vet today and got his distemper and rabies vaccinations, and was so good he even used his litter box before going!
@followjohnna_ he's getting his rabies shot
Lyszczarz (Jeff Lyszczarz) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:05 -0000
@followjohnna_ he's getting his rabies shot
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Were at mac anderson park and we found a cat and named it rabies cuz its had its shots lawlz photography club ftw
layySayy (Lacy Turner ) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:42:42 -0000
Were at mac anderson park and we found a cat and named it rabies cuz its had its shots lawlz photography club ftw
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AnimalHealthChannel - A discussion about rabies which is transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. A look at the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Meta Description: [ Rabies is caused by the rabies virus, present in the saliva of infected animals. Rabies which is transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal, is almost always fatal. ]
Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Animal Health - Disease Information - Rabies - Factsheets and news articles.
Meta Description: [ Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the central nervous system of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Once symptoms appear, rabies is always fatal in animals and people. ]
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Compendium of Animal Rabies Control - Recommendations for parenteral immunization procedures. Rabies vaccines licensed in US and NASPHV recommendations.
eMedicine Health - Rabies - Consumer health resource center providing an overview of rabies and its causes, symptoms and treatment.
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Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Rabies Lab - Includes news, links, and information on testing of humans and animals for rabies.
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Medline plus: Rabies - National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases documents and links about Rabies.
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Oral Rabies Vaccination Programs - Information about the Texas Oral Rabies Vaccination Programs. Features maps, summaries, reports, and bait/vaccine.
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Rabies - What You Need To Know - On line resource for rabies awareness for both people and pets.
Rabies and Your Pet - Information on rabies prevention in pets.
Rabies Bulletin Europe - Reports on the disease and surveillance information from the World Health Organization.
Rabies Control - Information about rabies and the types on wildlife in Canada that carries the virus.
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animals can become infected through a bite or scratch from an animal with
rabies, or if the rabies virus comes in contact with an open cut or the
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Rabies Fact Sheet - An informative site from Veterinary Public Health Information discussing rabies, how it is spread, and how it is prevented. Also includes useful tips for hunters who handle dead animals
Rabies Facts - Factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention.
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Rabies Guidebook - Basic information on the disease from the Indiana State Board of Animal Health.
Rabies Prevention - Recommendations on the use of vaccines and antisera in humans that are exposed or might be exposed to rabies.
Rabies- CDC - Contains comprehensive rabies prevention and control information from the Rabies Section at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Rabies.com - Offers detailed information regarding Rabies and vaccines for prevention.
Warning signs - Signs of rabies in animals.
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