R.I.P. Mysterious Pooper!!

[Andora]

http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/transmission/index.html

 

[Karrie13]

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I think everyone should get together on this. I was told that rabies survives much longer than a few seconds actually up to two days. Don't know if Mass Wildlife was just being cautious or not, but I try to err on the side of caution.

Contact with air is far different than being in the fluids and being transfered to any part of your body that could result in contact with your nose, eyes, mouth, or open sores, cuts, scratches or wounds.

That means the saliva contacing the air. It isn't passed by blood, urine or fecal matter.

I just went by what the MN Department of Health and the State Vet told me when the skunk attacked my dog in May of this year. I had many LONG talks with both trying to decide what my best options were and we ended up putting her down. I went to both websites but didn't find to much on exposure to air but I did google and came up with many results. After the rabies virus is exposed to air it is essentially "deactivated" the rate of deactivation depends on moisture and UV (deactivates within seconds when exposed to sunlight). But as I was reading here: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/rabies.html If there is a high concentration in the air, like in a bat cave where there is no UV and plenty of moisture or a controlled lab setting it is possible to contact the virus.

Even though the virus is deactivated after exposure to UV and air there is no way I was going to put my kids, any visitors, or any of my other animals at risk.

 

[theFox]

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Contact with air is far different than being in the fluids and being transfered to any part of your body that could result in contact with your nose, eyes, mouth, or open sores, cuts, scratches or wounds.

That means the saliva contacing the air. It isn't passed by blood, urine or fecal matter.

I just went by what the MN Department of Health and the State Vet told me when the skunk attacked my dog in May of this year. I had many LONG talks with both trying to decide what my best options were and we ended up putting her down. I went to both websites but didn't find to much on exposure to air but I did google and came up with many results. After the rabies virus is exposed to air it is essentially "deactivated" the rate of deactivation depends on moisture and UV (deactivates within seconds when exposed to sunlight). But as I was reading here: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/rabies.html If there is a high concentration in the air, like in a bat cave where there is no UV and plenty of moisture or a controlled lab setting it is possible to contact the virus.

Even though the virus is deactivated after exposure to UV and air there is no way I was going to put my kids, any visitors, or any of my other animals at risk.

Just so you are aware rabies can also be transmitted by any nervous system tissue, there are also documented cases of organ transplant rabies infections (in humans).

 

[Debbi]

Why take a chance?? So many medical persons have such different opinions, I would choose to err on the side of caution. Use a shovel, gloves, and take precautions. Why risk it?

 

[aprophet]

http://www.peopleandwildlife.org.uk/crmanuals/Wildlife%20Factsheet5.pdf


This is pretty informative HTH

 

[FoodKillah]

lol? come on! i would not touch that thing, a rat from chernobil crossed with a rat from nagashaki that always has something to do with weird poop even after death

a 4 legged nightmare? CRIPPY

 

[theFox]

One transplant donor four deaths.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0YUG/is_13_14/ai_n17208410/

These cases mark the first time the disease has been transmitted through the transplantation of solid organs, according to the CDC. Previously, eight cases of rabies transmission through transplanted corneas have been documented in five countries.