Clinical Symptoms of Rabies on Animals

Relatively younger dogs are more sensitive than adult animals. The incubation period is an average of 3 to 6 weeks with high variation, could be 10 days or 6 months, rarely less than 2 weeks or more than 4 months. The rabies virus is found in the saliva of the dog immediately after the clinical symptoms Appear. 

There are three forms of rabies in animals are:a) Furious rabies (an aggressive form)b) Dumb rabies (calm form)c) Asymptomatic rabiesIn dogs and cats are usually malignant. The incubation period is 10-60 days but can be longer. Sick animal saliva containing the virus transmit the virus through bites or scratches.Clinical signs of rabies in animals three forms:1. Aggressive form (Furious rabies)Long excitation period, most will die within 2-5 days after the signs look.  

Often the signs that are seen:

•     Animals to be timid or to be fierce;
•     Good hiding places are cold, dark and aloof but can be aggressive;
•     Not According to the employer's orders;
•     Appetite lost;
•     Saliva melt uncontrollably;
•     Animals will attack objects around it and consuming goods, foreign objects such as stones, wood,  etc.;
•     Attacking and biting anything that moves goods found;
•      Followed by convulsions paralysis; tails between 2 (two) thigh.

 
2. Shape silent (Dumb Rabies)Short period of excitation, paralysis Occurs sooner. Often the signs that are seen:

•     Hiding in a dark and cool;
•     Convulsions lasted very Briefly, Often not even visible;
•     Paralyzed, Unable to swallow, mouth open;
•     Salivary out continuously (redundant);
•     Dead.

3. Asymptomatic ShapeAnimals do not show symptoms of illness and or animals Suddenly died Rabies In Cats have symptoms or signs of a Similar with symptoms in dogs, such as hiding, many meowing, scratching the floor and be aggressive. At 2-4 days after the first symptoms of paralysis is common, especially in the rear. The following phases roomates through the animals are exposed to rabies when malignant forms (furious rabies), namely:

• Prodormal phase (early phase): Characterized by being not normal, hiding in a dark, restless, Unable to sleep, the reflex Increased activity, anorexia, pain in the bite, the temperature Increased slightly.
• Phase excitation: after 1-3 days, aggressive, growing niche to bite goods, animals and people Including the owner himself. Sometimes even biting him itself. Animals experiencing hypersalivation Because animals can not swallow his saliva Themselves due to paralysis of the muscles to swallow, barking changed since paralysis
• Part of the vocal nerves, the animals growing niche to leave the house and run away, Often attack dogs and other animals.
• Phase paralysis: convulsions, muscular incoordination and paralysis Followed. In addition to malignant forms may also present with symptoms of rabies silent form of paralysis, excitation phase is very short sometimes no, paralysis from the muscles of the head and neck. Animals difficult to swallow was Followed in totally and ended with death.