I have the same problem my dog bit and killed an outside rat.. I don't know if the rat had rabies but i want to know if my dog can get rabies from biting it
Yes
if you get bitten by a dog with rabies you might get them
In a way it would be possible for a dog to get rabies from staying outside, if it gets bitten by a rabid animal. Rabies is almost exclusively transmitted through saliva from the bite of an infected animal.
Yes. If the animal is bitten by an infected animal. There is a great chance of it being infected.
By being bitten by an infected animal.
Dogs get rabies from being bitten by another animal that is already infected.
Yes. For sure. You need to take full course of anti-rabies treatment. You may be given a shot of immunoglobulin.
No. Rabies is caused by the rabies virus (it is therfore an infection), which is carried in the saliva of an infected animal. To become infected an animal needs to be bitten by an infected animal.
Yes, if a person is bitten by an animal with rabies then they can get the disease.
In traditional medicine, healers use garlic or limestone. They are believed to absorb the rabies from the infected area.
Not unless you've been infected by some other source more recently.
like all animals dogs have to be bitten by another animal that already has rabies
No. A dog can only get rabies from contact with a rabies-infected animal.