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Do I need to be vaccinated for rabbit bites?

I think many parents have a small time to tease the rabbit play, because at that time is a small child, teasing rabbits without a light hand, rabbits are relatively small, then there will be some small partners may have been rabbit bite experience. Then the rabbit bite, we have to go to the rabies vaccination? Will it infect rabies (details)?

Rabbits generally do not transmit rabies virus. According to the “Technical Guidelines for Rabies Prevention and Control (2016 Edition)” issued by the CDC, “rabies in the natural reservoir host animals include carnivores and pteropods, and foxes, wolves, jackals, ferrets, raccoons, skunks, raccoons, meerkats, and bats are also natural reservoir hosts for rabies, all of which can be infected with rabies virus as a source of infection, which in turn infects pigs, cattle, sheep and horses.

Rabies susceptible animals mainly include canines, cats and pteropods. Poultry, fish, insects, lizards, turtles and snakes do not infect or transmit rabies virus. Globally, 99% of human rabies is caused by dogs, especially in rabies-endemic areas such as Asia and Africa, where dogs are the most common cause of human rabies.” Rabies, also known as hydrophobia, is an acute viral infection that attacks the central nervous system, and all warm-blooded animals, including humans, can be infected. Affected animals often become very feral, and the virus in their saliva enters the next patient from a bite wound. Transmission of rabies from one person to another is extremely rare, and most human patients who develop rabies will develop and die.


Rabbits do not need to be vaccinated at all because they are domesticated and generally have no source of infection. However, parents should pay attention to avoid being bitten by rabbits as much as possible, after all, there is more than one disease that needs more attention.