Sentences with phrase «dogs contract rabies»

Once your dog contracts rabies, it can take weeks, or even months, before the signs show up.

When a dog contracts rabies, they must be quarantined so as not to spread the disease to other animals or humans.

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You are more at risk of contracting rabies from domesticated cats, which readily interact with people, or from free - roaming packs of dogs.

Law requires that dogs be vaccinated against rabies because it is possible for humans to contract rabies from a dog.

The risk for contracting rabies runs highest if your dog is exposed to wild animals.

Vaccinated dogs and cats have almost no chance of contracting the disease if bitten, making rabies vaccination a vital part of any pet owners arsenal against disease.

Such crowding and filth enable disease to quickly spread among the dogs, with many contracting canine distemper, parvovirus, and almost certainly, rabies.

In some developing countries, hundreds of people die each year due to rabies contracted from dog bites.

«So, while there is a reduced risk of rabies for dogs and their humans; dogs can still contract rabies from bats and skunks and transmit it to their owners.

Dogs who aren't vaccinated are at risk of contracting rabies from animals such as bats, raccoons and foxes, and once your dog is infected he can give rabies to other animals and even to people.

Worldwide, rabies currently kills approximately 55,000 people a year, «ninety - nine percent [of whom] are estimated to have contracted the disease from domestic dogs» (Bradley 2006).

Even when bred in captivity, skunks are at risk of contracting rabies, just as a pet cat or dog would be.

While rabies in dogs in extremely rare throughout the country, Arizona has had a noticeable increase in cases of rabies in other animals, such as bats and coyotes, so there is always a chance that a dog that bites you may have contracted the disease.