Thread:Animalman57/@comment-30261954-20180602234904/@comment-6025261-20180603000437

Theferretman21 wrote: Here are some studies that shows birds CAN be infected with rabies, just aren't affected in the same way as mammals: http://www.jwildlifedis.org/doi/abs/10.7589/0090-3558-12.3.392 http://www.jwildlifedis.org/doi/abs/10.7589/0090-3558-12.3.444

http://www.jwildlifedis.org/doi/abs/10.7589/0090-3558-24.2.264?code=wdas-site (yes, humans injected these ones with rabies, but the birds still get infected) Birds can transfer rabies, but it can't effect them. Just like how malaria and other viruses can be transferred by insects, but it doesn't effect them.