Animal bites

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Animal bites

Rabies

Animal bite

Animal bite - first aid - series

Overview

Symptoms

Treatment

Prevention

Animal bites

Alternative Names:

Bites - animals

Prevention:

Teach children not to approach strange animals.
Do not provoke or tease animals.

References:

Auerbach PS. Wilderness Medicine. 4^th Ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 2001.

Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles of Infectious Diseases. 5^th Ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone, 2000:3202-3204.

Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, eds. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 5^th Ed. St. Louis, Mo.: London: Mosby; 2002:774-780.

Review Date: 4/8/2005
Reviewed By: William D. Whetstone M.D., Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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