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Does rabid dog live beyond 10 days
Suppose a stray dog scratch a vaccinated indoor dog and afterthat the stray live healthy and friendly with other stray for 16days,at that time he ate food watched children's play in the ground and then left the locality , is there any chances that the stray has rabies at the time of scratch. am not sure that the scratch was happened or not. as i found no stress upon my dog just asking as i am worried. incident hapoens 2month before. my dog is healthy till date. he is vaccinated anually for rabies
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After biting or scratching an indoor dog, if a stray dog lives more than 10 days healthy during his observation period, it indicates that he is not infected with rabies at the time of bite or scratch.
Your pet is also completely vaccinated that vaccination immunity itself will protect him completely, so there is no need to worry about infection.
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Dr. Sonali Choudhary
Veterinarian
7 yrs exp
Jammu
See, if there was no bleeding or actual scratches (teeth) from the incident or even if scratches were from the paws then there is no need for vaccination. And you've observed the dog for 16 days in perfect behaviour you don't have much to worry about.
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Dr. Lovish Gupta
Veterinary Physician
6 yrs exp
Gurgaon
If you are not sure whether your dog was scratched or bitten then it is recommended to get post bite injections as a precautionary measure irrespective of whether the community dog showed symptoms of rabies or not
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so I advice going for post bite vaccination
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