Can dogs carry rabies virus for many years?

Not every dog has rabies, if the dog has rabies, it is also the result of being scratched and bitten by other animals carrying rabies, he cannot produce rabies virus himself, and only a few days before the onset of rabies and the time between the death of the animal will transmit rabies, animals in the incubation period will not transmit rabies, normal animals will not transmit rabies.

In general, healthy dogs are not easy to carry the rabies virus, but this is not absolute, some cats and dogs if infected with the rabies virus, in the incubation period is to carry the virus, but even if it is a cat and dog that has been infected with the virus, there is no infectiousness in the incubation period, only after the onset of the disease, it will be infectious, in general, there is no dog in the onset period, there is no rabies contagion, so don't worry too much, but if you are bitten by a dog, you should get the rabies vaccine as soon as possible.

*Dogs can carry the rabies virus for a long time, but they do not necessarily get sick**. If the dog carries the rabies virus, but the virus does not attack, the dog can stay alive forever, and the rabies virus can exist in the dog's body for a long time.

The incubation period for rabies varies, but most dogs develop the disease within a month. Once a dog has a rabies attack, it will die in about dozens of days and cannot be treated.

Yes.

Healthy dogs can carry the rabies virus, but the probability of carrying the rabies virus varies from region to region. If you are in a city, most of them are pet dogs, and there are fewer opportunities for contact with wild animals in the outside world, so the possibility of getting rabies virus and carrying it is very small. Pets in many cities are vaccinated against rabies, which further reduces the probability of carrying the rabies virus.

According to some statistics, in larger cities, the probability of dogs carrying rabies virus can even be zero, that is, there are no pet dogs with rabies virus detected, which is safer.

If rabies vaccination can be widely used in dogs, the transmission of rabies from dogs to humans can be further reduced or even eliminated. In rural areas with a high incidence of rabies, the carrier rate of rabies virus in healthy dogs is relatively high, according to relevant statistics, some can even be as high as about 7%, because most of these dogs do not carry out rabies vaccination, and many are free-range, and have more contact with wild animals.

Dogs are not born with rabies and do not transmit rabies from birth to their mothers. Dogs, like people, must have rabies animals bite them to get rabies.

According to the survey, even healthy dogs have a high probability of carrying the rabies virus. Therefore, it is not correct that dogs will not carry the rabies virus after being vaccinated against rabies. Of course, the rabies virus is not only carried in dogs, but also in cats, rats and other animals.

Once infected, the rabies virus can be carried by the person, and if a person is bitten, the disease will become infected.