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Rabies Prevention Tips: Rabies virus can spread not only from dogs, but also from cats. According to Dr. Anant Sakhare, rabies is a deadly disease that affects the brain and nervous system.
Rabies prevention measures and vaccination information
Highlights
- Rabies virus can also spread with cats with dogs.
- Regular vaccination is necessary to prevent rabies.
- Rabies is a deadly disease that affects the brain and nervous system.
Nashik: The cat is an animal that we raise with a hobby in our house. She lives like a member of our house, but due to the cat, a disease called rabies can spread rapidly. Please tell that by raising a cat in the house, your life can also be in danger. What disease causes cat cradle? Nashik veterinarian Dr. Anant Sakhare has given information about this.
What is rabies?
Speaking to Local 18, veterinarian Dr. Anant Sakhare said that rabies is a deadly disease, which is caused by infection of rabies virus. It affects the brain and nervous system of a person, due to which a person’s death can also occur. It is generally believed that the disease is caused by dog ​​bites, but you will be surprised to know that many other animals can also spread rabies, including mainly cats.
Due to rabies disease
This disease occurs due to rabies virus. The virus has the attraction of nerve cells and salivary glands. This virus is delicate and is sensitive to germs like iodine, acetone, soap, detergent, ether, formalin, phenyl etc.
The virus in dry saliva dies in a few hours. The virus is destroyed in 1 hour in 50 ° C and 60 ° C in 5 minutes. The virus does not last long outside the body.
The virus remains stable at 3–11 pH (material). It is cold resistance. -70 ° C lasts in temperature for many years, freezing at 0-4 ° C.
Who causes rabies disease?
All animals including humans with warm blood occur. Dogs and cats are more sensitive.
Cow-buffalo, goat-laid are medium sensitive.
Animals like wolf, cat, lion, mongoose, bats, monkey etc. are also there.
The proof of the disease is more in male dogs than the female. In the female, this disease is mainly more during the reproductive period.
Rabies prevention measures
Regular immunization is an effective way to prevent rabies disease. At the age of 3 months of cat, the first dose of anti -rabies vaccine should be given under the skin. After this, the vaccine should be done regularly every year. Vaccination of 70 percent of dogs in Disease Prone Areas can prevent the cycle of disease.
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Who should take anti -rabies vaccine?
People from high -risk professional groups, such as veterinarians and animal employees, rabies researchers and some laboratory workers, cats, dogs etc. International passengers should also take an anti -vaccine. For the first time, three doses should be taken on 0, 7 and 21/28th day. After this, booster dose should be taken every year.
March 12, 2025, 18:25 IST
The risk of rabies is not just from dogs! Cat can also become a cause of dangerous disease
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