VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

RABIES

• Rabies has been documented in chital, rhino, elephants etc. Even oral infection has been documented in foxes and skunks by experimental means, following the ingestion of mouse carcasses infected by rabies virus.
• It is noteworthy to mention that the exposure to rabies virus in peripheral nerves could potentially occur when a person with wounds on the hands does not wear any protective covering or gloves while skinning rabies suspected captive wild animal.