name William W.
status educator
age 40s
Question - Can rabies be transmitted by animal saliva on or in
produce, such as from a garden?
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The rabies virus is transmitted only by direct contact - in order to
contract the virus, it must travel from the saliva of the donor
directly onto a nerve of the recipient. The virus would not survive
any other form of transmission.
Saundra, DVM
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