Dog meat restaurant owner dies from rabies after cooking animal with disease [View all]
The owner of a restaurant in Vietnam that specializes in the meat of dogs and cats died after contracting rabies from one of the animals he slaughtered.
Nguyen Van B., 33, from the southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, began exhibiting symptoms three days before his death.
According to local reports, he had only handled cat and dog meat and had not been bitten by an animal, but it is possible to get rabies from handling meat from a rabid animal, especially if there are breaks in a person's skin.
The main symptoms Mr Van B experienced were fatigue and difficulty breathing.
His family took him to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases where tests confirmed Mr Van B had rabies.
Once symptoms start, rabies is nearly 100 percent fatal and there is no approved treatment for the illness. Knowing this, Mr Van B. requested to return home.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14227583/Dog-meat-restaurant-owner-dies-rabies-cooking-animal-disease.html
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