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Does The Dog Bite Need Rabies Vaccination?
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I was riding my scooty and a street dog tried to bite me on the lower part of my left leg (just below knee cap). I was wearing jeans so even though there are tooth marks on jeans, there is no wound on skin. But there is slight itch/ skin scratch feeling. Is it required to take the rabies vaccination? I do not think I can trace that dog.
Age 50; Location Hyderabad.
I was riding my scooty and a street dog tried to bite me on the lower part of my left leg (just below knee cap). I was wearing jeans so even though there are tooth marks on jeans, there is no wound on skin. But there is slight itch/ skin scratch feeling. Is it required to take the rabies vaccination? I do not think I can trace that dog.
Age 50; Location Hyderabad.
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
you have to go for rabies vaccination. though bite on jeans is very less you have to go for vaccination you are not able to trace dog. dog which you can not trace is considered to be a rabies virus. thnx
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