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Old 03-25-2011, 10:17 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR View Post
This is taken from the website linked below.

Although dog bites are a common cause of rabies in developing countries, there have been no reports of rabies caused by dog bites in the United States for a number of years due to widespread animal vaccination.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002310/
That's good to know, but I'd still like to be sure a dog that bit me was up-to-date on rabies vaccination. I've had 3 dog bites in my life and all drew blood, but all the dogs were OK with their vaccinations.
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