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If I am in the wild and encounter an animal that I think might be rabid, how can I tell if it has rabies? An animal that has been running hard, or any number of other things could cause it to be f...
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<p>If I am in the wild and encounter an animal that I think might be rabid, how can I tell if it has rabies? An animal that has been running hard, or any number of other things could cause it to be foaming at the mouth, but not neccissarily have rabies. Foaming at the mouth is the symptom I most often consider to be a sign of rabies.</p> <p>The horse in this image, is foaming at the mouth a lot, but I seriously doubt it is rabid </p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HsgDO.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HsgDO.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p> <p>Related </p> <p><a href="https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/13222/">How should one properly dispose of a rabid animal carcass?</a> </p>