Actually the have to kill a dog to test for rabies.
I have always heard this, but with modern medicine, I dont believe it. I mean, if you got bit by a wild animal and didnt catch or kill the wild animal, would they put you down to test for rabies?
—” have to kill a dog to test for rabies.”
” There is no reliable way to test a living animal for rabies. The only way to accurately diagnose rabies is to examine the brain of a deceased animal for the rabies virus.”
Just turn on the news today or tomorrow and watch a vast selection of rabid QWXYZ or whatever they claim to be.
“Actually the have to kill a dog to test for rabies.”
But they don’t have to kill an animal to learn if it has rabies. Quarantine.
Back in the ‘70s, my ex had to get rabies shots. He tried to rescue a dog by the side of the road, and the dog bit him and ran away.
Doctor said if they could find the dog and quarantine it they could observe whether or not was infected. That would determine if my ex needed the shots. Never found the dog, so he got the shots.