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Is Me And My Puppy Safe After Being Scratched By A Non Vaccinated Puppy?

Hello doctor, my 2 and half month puppy scratched me on my finger 12 days ago and I didn t gave him ARV till date. My skin weren t torn or either I didn t got bleeding, just got red mark on my finger. Local vet told me it is not that much risky and you are safe. I search on internet and come to know the necessity of vaccination though there are such scratches. Is my puppy and me are safe now by taking injection after 12 days? I read about incubation period is minimum as 4 days in some cases and maximum many years. Please help me.
Thu, 10 Apr 2014
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Hi,
If you have not allowed your puppy to roam out doors without supervision , there is no chance of infection inn your puppy.and both of you are safe.In spite of this please take your puppy to a vet.doctor,get him examined & start him ARV right away.
If you have doubt about the puppy having bitten by infected dog/cat/animal- please keep it isolated for few days & observe it for behavioral changes.& at the same time you start taking anti rabies vaccine course immediately. Incubation period is 2-6 weeks.Also take injection tetanus toxoid stat prick.
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Is Me And My Puppy Safe After Being Scratched By A Non Vaccinated Puppy?

Hi, If you have not allowed your puppy to roam out doors without supervision , there is no chance of infection inn your puppy.and both of you are safe.In spite of this please take your puppy to a vet.doctor,get him examined & start him ARV right away. If you have doubt about the puppy having bitten by infected dog/cat/animal- please keep it isolated for few days & observe it for behavioral changes.& at the same time you start taking anti rabies vaccine course immediately. Incubation period is 2-6 weeks.Also take injection tetanus toxoid stat prick. Thanks. Thanks.