posted by Ann:I'm surprised that everyone's saying they can't carry rabies, I remember learning in school that all animals can>>>>>>
Anna, you are correct.
Any mammal can get rabies.
But Thanks to medical advancement/percaution
rabies is very rare in "some" areas.
When I was bitten by a strange dog, The Dr.
wasn't concerned about rabies, because
where I live, rabies is extrememly rare.
(I did have to get a tetnus shot)
I found this on the web sight:
Small rodents (such as squirrels, rats, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, and chipmunks, ) and lagomorphs (such as rabbits and hares) are "almost" never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to cause rabies among "humans" in the United States.
Here is a government web site where you can
find information all about rabies, and
"what" can get rabies.
Just use the search tool on the bottom.
It will even lead you to a web sight that tells what
areas rabies are more prevelent.
National Center for Infectious Diseases
www.cdc.gov/
(shorten the search for you at the NCID sight.)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabies/
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