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Rabies indirect or unusual contact
If there was bone chewed by dog lying on the ground and there was so much ants nearby the bone so i take the cardboard box and through the bone with the help of cardboard then after 5-6 minutes i touch the cardboard with my naked legs and dog was unknown but their was not big would in my leg toe but some superficial wounds are present so is their any possibility of transmission Rabies
Answers (2)
Don't worry
Virus will not live outside dog for more than a minute
So dog bitten bone mat not have virus on it
This long chain of bone to cardboard..then to ur open wounds on legs that too after 6min is mostly impossible
Next Steps
No need of vaccination
Health Tips
Better avoid unknown things touch ur naked wounds whatever the thing
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Your question was not clear. Frame question correctly. You had dog bite in your toe? Or some dog licked cardboard made injury!?
Make some short and brief history and then ask.
Next Steps
Wash the area thoroughly with soap and water
Apply ointment Mupirocin if any superficial abrasion or cut
Consult with medicine for rabies immunisation if needed at all.
Health Tips
Watchful monitoring of the local area needed.
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