Reducing the risk of rabies in Malaysia via pet vaccination

There are two types of rabies: excitatory (furious) and paralytic (dumb). In furious rabies, dogs become aggressive (or conversely, unusually friendly), while in dumb rabies, they exhibit progressive paralysis that starts from the bite wound. — Photos: Filepic

Mention rabies and an image of an aggressive dog barking and foaming at its mouth is likely to come to mind.

Most people are probably aware that humans can contract this infectious disease from a bite by an infected animal, usually a dog.