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do cat's feces carry rabies?

Hi!

My dog was so stupid that she ate a cat's feces today, looked she ate quite a lot, I am not very sure what is the cat's status, but I am sure my dog is a clean and healthy dog.  I am very worried whether my dog can get rabies by eating the cat's stool?  Do animals' feces carry rabies virus?  Maybe I am overreacted, but I am very worried, please ease my mind.

Thank you very much in advance!
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506791 tn?1439842983
One other thing the vet told my brother-in-law when his German Shepard would eat "treats" from the litter pan...cat digestion isn't the most efficient, so the high proportion of protein is a main attractor, besides that ancestral instinct to eat long dead things.
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thanks guys for the answer! I over-reacted..:)
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740516 tn?1360942486
Opus is right- as usual :-)
Just adding my dime : if your dog is properly vaccinated against rabies not even being bite for another not sane animal will cause him to get the disease
Messing with another's poo can bring just worms/parasites

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874521 tn?1424116797
NO the feces do not carry rabies...this has to be via a bite that enters the blood stream...
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