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MikeLove, Flickr Rabies is a rare but fatal condition for household dogs (rarer still in cats) and also poses a grave threat to humans. As part of a Paw Nation series providing background about the medical problems your pet may suffer, we spoke to Dr. Cynthia Leveille-Webster, professor of veterinary medicine at the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, for insight into this condition. What are the signs that my pet has rabies? Symptoms in dogs range from acting abnormally or disoriented, to increased salivation, to seizures. But here's the danger from rabies: A dog can be infected and go months without a clinical sign and yet can infect other animals and humans. That's ...

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