Karen Stasiak Share. How do pets get rabies? The Benefits of Injectables for Your Pet. Protect Dogs and Cats from Rabies. Signs of rabies in pets: Difficulty swallowing. Cats are more likely to become infected than dogs. You may think dogs are the most common domestic rabid animal, but cats are infected at a much higher rate than dogs. Since , cats have been the most frequently reported rabid domestic animal followed by dogs [4].
This is because many cat owners do not vaccinate their cats against the disease [1]. Indoor-only pets can get rabies. Bats — the most common rabid animal in the United States [1] — enter homes and can bite or scratch pets. Rabies virus infections in mammals are almost always deadly. Only a small percentage of animals that have rabies survive. When a suspected rabid animal goes to the vet, there are two options: euthanize or quarantine them.
Once a pet shows clinical signs of the disease, survival is not likely [5]. There is no test for rabies in live animals. The only way to diagnose rabies is through testing of brain tissue once the animal has died or been euthanized. The only way to determine if a living animal has rabies is to quarantine them and wait for visible clinical signs to show [5].
There are no treatments available for rabies. What Is Rabies? Rabies is a rare but serious disease caused by a virus. It affects the nerves and brain. After a few days, neurological symptoms develop, including: irritability or aggressiveness excessive movements or agitation confusion, bizarre or strange thoughts, or hallucinations muscle spasms and unusual postures seizures convulsions weakness or paralysis when a person cannot move some part of the body extreme sensitivity to bright lights, sounds, or touch Someone with rabies can produce a lot of saliva spit , and muscle spasms in their throat might make it hard to swallow.
What Causes Rabies? Is Rabies Contagious? How Is Rabies Diagnosed? How Is Rabies Treated? Doctors give two shots as soon possible: rabies immune globulin: This provides protection right away while the vaccine starts working.
People with a weakened immune system get an extra dose on day How Is Exposure to Rabies Prevented? To reduce the chances of rabies exposure: Vaccinate your pets. Report stray animals to your local health authorities or animal-control officer. Remind kids not to touch or feed stray cats or dogs wandering in the neighborhood or elsewhere. Teach kids to stay away from wild animals such as bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.
What Else Should I Know? If your child has been bitten by an animal, especially if it was an unknown dog or wild animal: Wash the bite area well with soap and water and cover the bite with a clean bandage. Call your doctor right away and go to the nearest emergency department. Anyone with a possible rabies infection must be treated in a hospital.
Call local animal-control authorities to help find the animal. Minus Related Pages. Which animals carry rabies? The Path of the Rabies Virus. Rabies in the Americas external World Rabies Day. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website. Linking to a non-federal website does not constitute an endorsement by CDC or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the website.
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