how can i tell whether or not a dog has rabies?

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If it was your own dog, and lives indoors, rabies is not likely. If it was a stray dog, then you need to call your county health department. You may also call your local police or sheriff's office and they will put you in touch with the proper authorities. If you call the health department, it will be the best, as they will make certain that all is well, and it won't cost you anything..

If it is your own dog, the health department will quarantine him for 10 days, to make certain he is rabies free, if he has never been vaccinated..

My kids were playing with a litter of tiny kittens.. A neighbor kid got scratched.as is common when playing with kittens..The parents called the health department, and they came out and made me keep the kitten in a cage for 10 days.and came back in 10 days to check to make sure he didn't have rabies! lol a 7 week old kitten!

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Bite him, if you foam at the mouth and have lock jaw.he has rabbies.

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some symptoms are disorientation and sometimes foaming at the mouth, unusual aggressiveness.
but the only 100% way to tell is to autopsy the brain

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Is your dog salivating profusely, trying to shy away from people or seem not as active? The main indicator is the foaming at the mouth.

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Symptoms usually develop between 20 and 60 days after exposure. Rabid animals may become aggressive, combative, and highly sensitive to touch and other kinds of stimulation. And they can be vicious. This is the "furious" form of rabies, the kind traditionally associated with mad dogs.

But there is also a "dumb" form of the disease in which the animal is lethargic, weak in one or more limbs, and unable to raise its head or make sounds because its throat and neck muscles are paralyzed. In both kinds of animal rabies, death occurs a few days after symptoms appear, usually from
respiratory failure.

For more info:

http://www.thepetprofessor.com/articles/.

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You can't. You have to take it to the vet. They will isolate it and if it has rabies it will get sick and die. I'm not sure what the incubation period is, but if you don't isolate it it can infect others.

Here's what you need to do. Call animal control to come get this dog. Go to your doctors office or the emergency room. You just keep asking the same questions over and over. If you think the dog could have rabies you need to do something now. Rabies shots are very effective, but if you get rabies there is no cure and you will die.

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If he's angry, foaming at the mouth or getting sluggish he may have it .

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If he's still alive 10 days from now he didn't have rabies, if he's vaccinated he can't have rabies. Other than that it takes lab testing of the brain (no this is not a survivable test)

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HI

Look You cant tell for sure. I saw your other question out here about getting a rabies shot for yourself.

I dont know what you have going on .. but here it is

IF you have been bit, or even scratched by an animal you dont know is ok.

First you shoud call animal control and have them get the dog .. MAKE sure you tell them you were bitten.

NEXT YOU go to the doctors, urgent care or ER..

IF this animal has Rabies , the sooner you get treatment the better. Dont dismiss it. Very Few peopl ever survive Rabies and those who do are permanently damaged.

All I can do is tell you the above advice and hope you listen.

Good Luck

Wismom

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Oh for heavens sake - you can't be that hurt if all you can do is sit on the computer!!

You can NOT tell by looking. The animal, if not vaccinated, has to be confined for 10 days for observation by a VET - not these people telling these olld wives tales online.

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if they are foaming at the mouth that is usually the easiest way to tell

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Foaming at the mouth.

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LMAO!
RELAX!

sheeeeeeeeeesh..
The odds are so LOW as to be nearly NON-EXSISTANT!
Forget about it!

You **DON'T need to panic!
LOL! Get a GRIP!

The ONLY way to PROVE rabies is to KILL,DECAPITATE %26 do "BRAIN-SECTIONS"!! *NOT* necessary!

As usual here.99% of the previous answer are TOTAL /UTTER **BULL**! You people don't have any brains at ALL ,do you?? LMAO!

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a rabid dog will foam at the mouth and become very very aggressive and mean