"Steve Crane" wrote
That doesn't make a lot of sense. The 10 day period reflects quarantine
requirements for biter animals. This period of time applies to domestic
dogs and cats only. Wild animals cannot be handled in the same manner,
as the incubation period is quite different. The purpose of the ten day
period has always been because a rabies infected animal can only
transmit the disease in the last 4-5 days of it's life, before dying
itself of the disease. Thus if the biter animal is still alive ten full
days after thebite ocurred it is impossible for the animal to have
transmitted the disease to the person bitten. This procedure cannot be
used in foxes, bats, racoons, or other wild animals as the period of
disease transmission is considerably different.


That's what I thought, that the 10 days applies if the cat/dog has bitten a
person, and that is what our shelter has been doing. I really think this is
a matter of some people interpreting the law incorrectly.
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-Kelly