Re: Rabies

["Joan Ruprecht" <ruprecht@tidepool.com>]

No Way    Mice are what we used to incubate rabies virus for testing.

They certainly do have rabies, but do not act as a danger to other wild
life, probably because they die of the virus without becoming an attack
animal. It is called Dumb Rabies.

We have only had possums in our area reacently, but I have never heard of a
rabid possum,  cats also tend to die before they hit the attack stage.
Just get sick and curl up and die.

But that does not mean you cant get rabies from a Dumb Rabies case, it just
means you won't be attacked, you have to willingly innoculate yourself with
the virus from the sick or dead animal.

Joan Ruprecht (expert on rabid animals-any way relative to many of us)
Public Health Microbiologist  now endurance rider.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>
To: lb@nismat.org <lb@nismat.org>; ridecamp@endurance.net
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 12:06 PM
Subject: RC: Rabies


>Hi Beth
>Are you sure about the opossums? My small animal vet and the zoo vet
>here both said they can't carry rabies (nor do mice, for that matter)
>and wouldn't give a rabies shot to Posse whom I rescued when she was 2
>inches old (and adorable--hey, she was always cute to me!)
>Bette
>
>Beth Glace wrote:
>>
>> A horse just down the road from me was diagnosed with rabies this
>> year, and we have had several cases of possums and even a rabbit!
>> that attacked children while playing in their yard.  A friend of mine
>> described an incident with a probable rabid coon last year.  As she
>> drove down the road, she noticed a coon siiting, rather confused in
>> the middle of the road.  She stopped the car near it and opened
>> the door  when it dashed directly at her!  As she began to pull
>> forward it attempted to bite the car tire.  My vet says that these
>> stories are not uncommon and suggested that everyone stay clear of
>> apparantly wild animals that are wandering in the road.  These
>> animals are often showing very aggressive behavior, consistent with
>> Rabies.  I hate to drive past animals that look like they might be
>> injured, but I can't risk attempting to help them either.
>> Regards,
>> Beth
>>
>> Beth Glace, MS, CDN
>> Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma
>> Lenox Hill Hospital
>> New York, NY
>>
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>--
>Bette Lamore
>Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of TLA Halynov
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>gets to the end, the faster it goes. Smell the roses!
>
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