Our dog killed a bat. Risk of rabies?

When you had the dead bat picked up by county officials when did they say they would have the test results back?

If your dog is up to date he should be ok,

but since there is no such thing as an annual rabies vaccine I question if your dog is up to date on his shots or not.

Call your vet and be sure.

We've had severe outbreak of rabies in raccoons (here). The veterinary protocol if your dog comes in contact with a raccoon (that might be rabid) is to re-vaccinate, even when dog is up to date. But you can call your vet & ask if they agree with this option, before making appt to get the shot or going to a low-cost rabies clinic. The re-vaccination shot must be given within 24 hr of bite, I think.

Your dog is probably covered by the recent rabies vaccine but you might also want to check on YOUR risk, if your dog came in contact with rabies saliva, if you've handled him; cleaned up any blood/liquids or touched the bat in question. If you've still got the bat, call animal control & ask for them to take it for testing & dispose of it. Most counties or every state has a diagnostic lab that runs rabies tests (among other things) for agricultural or health (etc) purposes.

All pet owners should make certain their dogs and cats are vaccinated against rabies. When our pets are protected from rabies, it provides a buffer zone of immune animals between humans and rabid wild animals such as bats... Have ur dog checked Immediately!! and vaccinated once done he can protect u from being infected :)

I had this happen once. Unfortunately at the time our area had a bad outbreak in rabies. The local veterinarian asked me to keep my dogs confined for 2 wks and I complied. There was not rabies but, I guess its always better to be safe than sorry. Good Luck

Talk to your vet. Bats carry a high rate of rabies & you will want to be certain. You may have to take bat in for testing. Most likely your dog should be fine but check with professionals.

Just about ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The ignorant Chicken Littles LOVE to scramble around & squeal over nothing,don't they?

NOT A PROBLEM!!!

RABIES *must* be transmitted from a RABID animal INTO the blood stream!!!

Your dog should be okay but don't just go by a couple " i think he's ok" You should take him to the vet to be sure! Good luck I hope everything turns out okay! :)

maybe go just in case to get another checkup, even if it had its shots, if it starts behaving bizzare like as followed:

Excessive Drooling

Shyness of a usually friendly pet

Aggression, or sudden mood changes

Active during night

and maybe Paralysis

You may have a problem on your hands, if any of this happens. hope i helped...

I would have thought so, I would ring the Vet anyway just to be on the safe side.