Re: RC: Rabies

["C.M.Newell" <reshan@deyr.ultranet.com>]

>  In the last 18 
>deaths from rabies, the animal which transmitted the disease was a bat.
>
>Though it conceivably COULD happen, NO case of a rabies infected horse 
>passing the disease to a human as EVER been recorded.  Anywhere.

	You might keep in mind that this is due largely in part to the fact that
while bat exposures are sometimes inapparent--i.e., people exposed while
sleeping who don't realize it, an exposure to a dog, cat, raccoon, horse,
etc., is usually pretty apparent, hence treated with post-exposure
prophylaxis, and bingo--no death.
	Also, humans seem to be more sensitive to the bat strain than to some
others. 
	I don't have the data in fron of me, but I would strongly suspect that in
virtually every case of known equine rabies, those exposed were treated, no?
			--CMN


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