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Regarding rabies
"Can rabies disease also spread through an animal’s nail scratch? If yes, then how, since this disease does not survive in the air and the animal’s nail remains in open air always? And one more thing, if an animal’s saliva falls into the eyes (by barking or drool )like flying bats or dog from about 4 to 5 feet away from its mouth, can rabies occur in that case?"
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Dr. M. Madeena Begum
Veterinary Surgeon
12 yrs exp
Chennai
Rabies can only spread from fresh saliva to bleeding wound. If the animal leg has fresh saliva and anyone got scratched then there is a possibility. No airborne spread only direct contact
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Dr. Lovish Gupta
Veterinary Physician
6 yrs exp
Gurgaon
A scratch from an animal’s nail by itself does not transmit rabies, but if the nails are contaminated with saliva (for example, if the animal licked its paws or the saliva got smeared on the claws), the virus can be introduced into the wound—even though the paws are in open air, the virus remains infectious in fresh saliva for a short period. Similarly, while rabies is not airborne, direct entry of fresh saliva into the eyes or mouth can cause infection because the virus can penetrate the mucous membranes or ulcers in mouth. Therefore, any such exposure should be treated seriously
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