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Can stray rats have rabies?
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Almost never: Small rodents like squirrels, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rats, and mice) and lagomorphs including rabbits and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to transmit rabies to humans. http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/animals/other.html
Answered 9/23/2016
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Per the CDC: "Small rodents like squirrels, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rats, and mice) and lagomorphs including rabbits and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to transmit rabies to humans." REF: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/animals/other.html#:~:text=Small%20rodents%20like%20squirrels%2C%20hamsters,to%20transmit%20rabies%20to%20humans.
Answered 6/25/2020
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