As the disease advances, it attacks the brain and can lead to "mad dog" behavior: excitation, drooling, confusion, jerky movements and aggression. Rabies is a deadly disease and, if untreated, leads to death in a matter of days after symptoms first appear. Rabies in humans can be treated with antiviral vaccinations. Mammals are warm-blooded animals with fur or hair that give birth to live babies rather than lay eggs.
Human beings are mammals, as are many familiar wild animal species. Any mammal can contract rabies. Rabies is most often reported in mammals that tend to come in contact with humans or live near human settlements, including:.
Your pet bird or turtle cannot contract rabies. However, pets and domesticated animals that are mammals and can easily get the disease if bitten by another animal that is already infected. Rabies in the Americas external World Rabies Day. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website.
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These include making sure your pets get regular rabies vaccines, keeping pets away from wild animals, spaying or neutering pets, and calling animal control to remove stray animals from your neighborhood. Many states also are vaccinating wild animals mainly raccoons to prevent the spread of rabies. Instead of trying to catch every animal and give it a shot, they use a special type of food vaccine that works when the animal eats it.
The food is put out where animals are likely to find it. Sometimes airplanes are used to get food into places that are hard to reach on foot or with a truck. One important factor in deciding if you should receive rabies vaccination post exposure prophylaxis will be if the animal you were exposed to can be found and held for observation.
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