Can you get rabies by eating dog meat

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Rabies, caused by rabies virus, is an acute infectious disease of central nervous system. The virus is mainly transmitted among dogs, cats and other animals, so sick animals are the main source of infection. Let's discuss whether eating dog meat can lead to rabies?

Can you get rabies by eating dog meat

First, it's not contagious. It's only possible for a dog to bite you directly. What's more, it's just a mad dog, because the dog's bones are cooked, and all the viruses are dead. How can there be rabies.

Second, there is no dog bite or wound contact with its secretions and blood, this situation is not infected, do not worry

Third, the rabies virus is mainly stored in the dog's saliva, rabies virus is easy to be inactivated by heat, the virus will die after heating at 100 ℃ for 2 minutes, so eating cooked dog meat itself is unlikely to cause virus infection

matters needing attention

In the process of slaughtering and peeling, the wound or mucous membrane may be contaminated by the dog's body fluid and be infected with rabies. If the dog is slaughtered, it is recommended to carry out relevant treatment, inject human rabies immunoglobulin or anti rabies serum, and then vaccinate rabies vaccine.