Can a domestic cat raised in your own home carry the rabies virus?

Dogs and cats may be exposed to the virus when they go out, so it is still necessary to vaccinate the dog regularly, which is safe and convenient, and can also give good protection.

Not necessarily. Maybe you can carry the virus too. Animals in general.

It doesn't matter if it's home-raised. Still is. Free-range.

It is possible to carry the rabies virus. It is best to vaccinate Jiamao against rabies as soon as possible. Otherwise.

Once bitten by it. The consequences are also severe.

In their own homes, cats raised from small to large will carry rabies virus, and must go to the veterinarian station for medical alfalfa epidemic prevention in order to feed safely in their own homes and dedicate their love.

This is also very likely, as he may also be in contact with small animals outside. Because they are mobile and flexible. Even at home, there are times when I go out to let out the wind.

Of course not, because there is no way for this kind of thing to be parasitic on cats from an early age, and it is not innate.

In your own home, raised from childhood to adulthood, will you throw rabies virus? No, because he's at home, he doesn't go anywhere else, and there won't be rabies.

Definitely not! Unless the cat runs out on its own and eats the food of the virus, it can get rabies!

Can a domestic cat raised in your own home carry the rabies virus? Not necessarily. You must go to the veterinarian station to get a doctor for epidemic prevention.

Pets themselves can carry the virus, and they must be vaccinated.

As long as cats and dogs carry the rabies virus.

No, as long as you get vaccinated on time. and there will be no rabies.

Now there is basically no rabies in the city.

What do you think is the likelihood that a sick cat will come into your house through a window and infect your cat?

In addition, the probability of cat scratches is very low, and it doesn't happen in a few years, and there hasn't been a single scratch in the United States for decades.

Yes, this is the dog's own reason.

No.

Usually rabies is transmitted through blood or saliva, and only cats are infected with the rabies virus.

After the animal bites, and the cat is not vaccinated against rabies.

to get rabies. Since there is currently no best way to deal with rabies, it is usually recommended that owners give their cats regular vaccinations. Usually try to keep the cat away from animals in the outside world, such as stray dogs, cats, bats, etc.

Rabies is a contagious disease.

The disease is mainly contracted through animal bites**, mucous membranes, etc. In addition, it is possible to pass through respiratory infection through accidental ingestion of meat from infected animals or aerosols.

If the cat does not have the high-risk behaviors listed above.

In general, you will not be infected with the rabies virus yourself.

After the rabies virus enters the cat's body, the incubation period is generally 2-8 weeks, sometimes up to several months. The specific time of onset is mainly related to the bite site, the type of exposure, the amount of virus at the exposed site, and the immune status of the body. When cats show clinical signs, they often change their habits and often have a tendency to run away or hide.

The course of the disease after the cat is infected with rabies virus is relatively short, generally 2-4 days after the appearance of symptoms, the sick cat likes to hide in the shadows, and makes a sharp cry, and then violently attacks humans and animals.

Rabies is diagnosed mainly by fluorescent antibody testing and PCR testing.

After the rabies virus is diagnosed, it should be culled in time because it is impossible to **. The main prevention of rabies in cats is vaccination, and at present, cats can go to the pet hospital for rabies vaccination when they are about three months old. After rabies vaccination, antibodies against rabies virus can be produced, and when the antibody level is qualified, the cat has the ability to resist rabies virus, but it also needs to be strengthened in the later stage.

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It may be carried, for example, when the mother is born, caught by mice for food, or scratched and bitten by other cats and dogs, etc. If you're worried, I suggest you take your cat with you to get vaccinated.

1. The rabies virus will not be produced in a cat out of thin air, let alone in the mother's womb, nor will it be latent in the cat's body for a long time (more than half a year). Therefore, a healthy cat cannot transmit the rabies virus to other animals and humans.

2. Cats infected with rabies virus will die within 3 to 7 days after the onset of the disease. From the onset of the disease (up to 3 days) until the onset of illness and death, a total of about 3 10 days, during which cats can transmit rabies virus through saliva.

3. The transmission of rabies depends on saliva, so the main mode of transmission is "bite", and cases of scratching are rare.

Therefore, if the cat has never been out of the house and has not been in contact with sick cats and dogs, there is basically no need to worry too much after being bitten or scratched.

4. If the suspicious cat or dog bites (i.e., exposed), the wound should be cleaned and disinfected immediately, and the biting cat or dog should be isolated for observation, if the cat or dog remains healthy during the 10-day observation period after the exposure, it can be concluded that the cat or dog is not infectious.

Note: Be sure to pay attention to the role of wound cleaning, due to the poor external viability of rabies virus, rinse the wound thoroughly with soap and water for more than 15 minutes, which can kill most of the virus.

*Domestic cats can carry the rabies virus**.

Domestic cats, like seemingly normal, healthy dogs, can carry the rabies virus. If a domestic cat has not had close contact with sick cats, dogs and mammals carrying rabies virus outside, has not been scratched or bitten, and has no source of infection or transmission route of rabies, it will not get rabies. If a domestic cat has been vaccinated against rabies and has enough rabies virus antibodies in its body, it will not necessarily be infected with rabies even if there is suspected contact with a sick cat.

In order to prevent the occurrence of rabies, domestic cats should regularly go to the pet hospital for rabies vaccination, and monitor rabies virus antibodies, and try not to have close contact with wild cats, wild dogs, stray cats, and stray dogs.