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Question: dog rabies
| blitz
- Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:29 pm |
I was outside and a dog I did not know came up to me and was jumping up and licking me I have some cat scratches on my hand and some saliva may have gotten in them. I also just rinsed off my hands with water after the dog licked me because I was in a hurry to get some where then about an hour later without thinking I rubbed my nose and mouth and was wondering if the virus could still have been on my hands? the dog does not seem aggressive and it did have a collar so im assuming its been to a vet. if a dog goes to a vet does it have to get rabies shots? another thing I was wondering is my cat scratches me like crazy could I get anything from these scraches?
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| Theresa Jones, RN
- Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:32 am |
 Hi blitz,
Generally speaking, if an animal has rabies their behavior is not typically friendly, licking etc. I would not, at this point, be overly concerned about rabies. Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Theresa Jones, RN
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