Cat has to have rabies shot

[Z...]

as far as I was thought at school this is extremely sensitive virus that cannot survive outside the body for long and needs some wound to enter the body or to be applied at the nerve endings in the nose. It has been said that the virus is rapidly destroyed in outside environment by dessication, UV light and even mild detergents.
I found the bit about aerosol transmission:
"Under most circumstances, there is no danger of aerosol transmission of rabies. However, aerosol transmission has occurred under very specialized conditions in which the air contains a high concentration of suspended particles or droplets carrying viral particles. Such conditions have been responsible for laboratory transmission under less than ideal containment situations.
There has also documented aerosol transmission in 1 bat cave. Oral and nasal secretions containing virus were probably aerosolized from tens of millions of bats. Aerosol infection may occur via direct attachment of the virus to olfactory nerve endings."

 

[Keit]

I agree, better be safe then sorry. BTW there is no need to burn the ground, virus cannot survive outside the host for more then few minutes.

Really? The Health Department guy told us the rabies virus could survive for quite some time without a host, especially in moist areas? He's the one who recommended the burn off so no other animals would walk through it.

There is this site that also mentions that "Studies have found they can remain viable for several months on moist surfaces; this time will be shortened significantly if the viruses is dried up or exposed to heat or light".

The problem is, that they say that rabies is a poxvirus, while it is actually rhabdovirus, and rhabdoviruses can't survive outside a host for more than a few seconds.

 

[Guardian]

There is this site that also mentions that "Studies have found they can remain viable for several months on moist surfaces; this time will be shortened significantly if the viruses is dried up or exposed to heat or light".

The problem is, that they say that rabies is a poxvirus, while it is actually rhabdovirus, and rhabdoviruses can't survive outside a host for more than a few seconds.

Interesting. Either burning an rabies contaminated area, or scrubbing it down with Bleach, is a pretty old belief...but of course that doesn't make it right

 

[loreta]

There is a fantastic homeopathic product to clean the system of metals produced by vaccines that my homeopathic doctor gave me, and this product also clean the system of anything like aluminium, and other metals. I put the name here, maybe you can check if the idea seems to you good. I always give homeopathy to my animals, before anything else. And it works.

This product is liquid, and usually you take 30 drops of each bottle by day but with animals you can give 15 drops. The company is a very good one: Heel. The name of the ailmen is this one: 1) Nux vomica-homaccod. 2)Lymphomyosot. 2)Berberis-homaccord.

All these three bottles are sold together. For me, if I had to vaccinated my animals for rabies I would give to them this homeopathic solution.

 

[loreta]

Killing an innocent critter a terrible thing to have to do, but if a wild thing (fox, raccoon, etc.) openly shows itself in the daylight, we shoot it.

I agree, better be safe then sorry. BTW there is no need to burn the ground, virus cannot survive outside the host for more then few minutes. Bite is the only way of transmission and possibly aerosol via olfactory nerves in caves overpopulated with bats.

I taught the saliva can transmit rabies. Is that so?