From:
ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2001-10-02 09:32:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Rabies testing
In a message dated 10/02/01 9:52:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:
Rabies question (animals in general, not just ferrets) - Why are
animals
that have bitten killed and a brain sample taken? More
accurately, why are
they still handled this way? I recall this practice from my
childhood
decades ago--surely someone has developed a less drastic method of
checking
for the rabies organism?
Unfortunately, the only truly accurate test for rabies virus
infection involves the testing of brain tissue. It would be nice
for a different test, but none has yet been developed.
Dr. Ruth
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