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Do Only Dogs Carry Rabies?

June 10, 2020 by Karen Hill

Rabies is caused by a virus. The rabies virus is present in the saliva glands of infected animals, and if an infected animal bites a person or another animal, the rabies virus will be passed on through the saliva.

Many people associate rabies with dogs. But any warm-blooded animal can get rabies, including foxes, skunks, bats, coyotes, and wolves. And a bite from one of these infected creatures is just as bad as a bite from a rabid dog.

Even a cat can sometimes carry rabies!

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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