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Q: What are the most common carriers of rabies?
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What mammal has rabies?

Most, if not all, mammals can be infected with rabies. Worldwide the most common carrier is dogs. In the US the animal most likely to infect humans is bats. Raccoons and skunks are also common carriers.


Is a fox dangerous to your pets?

Potnetially, yes. Foxes are one of the more common carriers of rabies. In the absence of rabies, a fox may still prey on smaller pets.


What is an animal called which carries a disease and that animal does not suffer from that disease?

Such animals are called as carriers. Most dangerous thing is that some dogs are found to be carriers of rabies.


What to do if a see a fox?

Stay away from it, as they can be carriers for rabies.


How common is rabies?

Rabies is very common.


What diseases to vampire bats have?

scabies is most common. Rabies is the most serious.


Do Red Pandas Have Rabies?

NO. Rabies is a viral disease of mammals. Penguins are birds. - The most common cause by far is a bite from a rabid animal. In the Americas the most common rabid animals are bats and raccoons. Not many of those around areas that penguins frequent.


What is its common name for rabies?

Rabies


What animals can get rabies vaccine?

All animals can carry rabies, except for the hyena, which is immune to it, but can still carry it.


Can oppossums have rabies?

Yes, in fact they're one of the biggest carriers of it. They can't *contract* rabies, meaning they have it, and can spread it to people, but don't get affected by it themselves.


Can a human get rabies when bitten by a dog with anti rabies shot?

If the dog's vaccinations are current, then there is no recorded case of a human contracting the rabies virus from the dog. But, a booster shot is recommended.


What diseases do Bats carry?

Bats can carry rabies, very few bats actually are carriers and again very few incidences of rabies in humans because of bats.