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Can Rabies Be Transmitted Through Food Eaten By Animals?

So on Sunday I was at a park, and I was playing around with my sister, and I’m the park there’s like bird food like nuts and seeds and I put a nut in my mouth but spit it out do you think I could’ve gotten rabies from it, i saw s squirrel eat from it after and now I’m worried.
posted on Fri, 13 Apr 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Rabies is not transmitted through food eaten by animals. Rabies is transmitted from the rabid animal’s saliva when it bites or scratches someone.

Licks to wounds or grazed and broken skin, or to the lining of the mouth and nose, can also transmit the disease.

There are no evidence-based reports of human rabies occurring due to consumption of left out eaten food by the squirrel. So, there is no need to worry.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

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Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali
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Can Rabies Be Transmitted Through Food Eaten By Animals?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Rabies is not transmitted through food eaten by animals. Rabies is transmitted from the rabid animal’s saliva when it bites or scratches someone. Licks to wounds or grazed and broken skin, or to the lining of the mouth and nose, can also transmit the disease. There are no evidence-based reports of human rabies occurring due to consumption of left out eaten food by the squirrel. So, there is no need to worry. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali