Question 1

can house mice and rodents get rabies?i recently pricked myself with a needle which possibly had mice spit on it! should i be worried?

Accepted Answer

No.: Other common infections perhaps but not rabies.

Question 2

can you get rabies if a vaccinated dog scratch a rodent trying to come through the wall and hours later scratched you and drew blood. this was 1mo ago?

Accepted Answer

No: If dog is vaccinated against rabies it cannot transmit it to you.

Question 3

can you get rabies from running over a dead animal?

Accepted Answer

No: In a car? A person would not catch rabies by running over any animal, live, dead, or stuffed. However, a person can get rabies if she is bitten by an infected animal (or an infected person). A person can also catch rabies from an infected person or animal if the infected person's (or animal's) saliva gets into the non-infected person's eyes, nose, mouth, or skin wounds.

Question 4

if i touch a dead bird's blood, will i get rabies?

Accepted Answer

No: To begin with rabies has only rarely been seen in birds. It is basically a mammal carried disease. Touching the blood of a even a rabid animal is not considered a valid exposure.

Question 5

my question is can you get rabies from touching a hose that someone else touched after cleaning up a dead skunk?

Accepted Answer

No: The most common mode of rabies transmission is through the bite and virus-containing saliva of an infected animal. Rarely transmission has been documented through contamination of mucous membranes (eyes, nose mouth), through air/aerosol transmission, organ transplantation. Not confirmed skunk had rabies...you touched a hose the cleaner touched. No risk. Stay well:)

Question 6

something got into chicken coop and at my birds. is it possible to get rabies from the coop/dead chickens if it had rabies?

Accepted Answer

: No, you would need to be bitten by the animals that had rabies itself. Sorry about your chickens, but there are no worries about getting rabies in this scenario. Good luck.

Question 7

can my daughter get rabies from our dog if he sniffs or eats a dead animal? dog has all shots. we let him out in fenced in yard but touches his beard.

Accepted Answer

Yes: If your dog gets rabies from contact with a rabid animal, he can transfer it to your daughter by licking or biting. Keep your dog away from wild animals that might be rabid

Question 8

do you need to get the rabies shots if you were close to a bat it never landed on me. i pushed a dead tree down and it was hiding under the bark where i pushed. i dispatched it with a long stick. i was vaccinated 5years ago. freaking out so sorry?

Accepted Answer

: No need for revaccination because  you did not have any direct close contact with bat.  Transmission of the virus requires a break in the skin by the teeth of rabid animal or contamination of scratches, abrasions, or mucous membranes with saliva of rabid animal.

Question 9

can you get rabies from driving over a dead animal on the road and then walking where your tires drove? or can it be aerosolized through the vents?

Accepted Answer

Thres are not: modes of transmission for Rabies. Take care.

Question 10

do rodents spread rabies?

Accepted Answer

Generally not: This would vary by what you mean by rodent as some include many large animals in this group. The rats/mice most consider in this category are not listed as a rabies risk. That may be since they would not survive any contact with the animals that carry it. I would contact your local county health department to confirm the issue. They monitor local rabies issues &amp; the vaccine availability.

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Can you get rabies from a dead rodent

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Can house mice and rodents get rabies?i recently pricked myself with a needle which possibly had mice spit on it! should i be worried?

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Can you get rabies if a vaccinated dog scratch a rodent trying to come through the wall and hours later scratched you and drew blood. this was 1mo ago?

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Can you get rabies from running over a dead animal?

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If i touch a dead bird's blood, will i get rabies?

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My question is can you get rabies from touching a hose that someone else touched after cleaning up a dead skunk?

A member asked:

Something got into chicken coop and at my birds. is it possible to get rabies from the coop/dead chickens if it had rabies?

A member asked:

Can my daughter get rabies from our dog if he sniffs or eats a dead animal? dog has all shots. we let him out in fenced in yard but touches his beard.

A member asked:

Do you need to get the rabies shots if you were close to a bat it never landed on me. i pushed a dead tree down and it was hiding under the bark where i pushed. i dispatched it with a long stick. i was vaccinated 5years ago. freaking out so sorry?

A member asked:

Can you get rabies from driving over a dead animal on the road and then walking where your tires drove? or can it be aerosolized through the vents?

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Do rodents spread rabies?

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