Dogs, cats, and ferrets | Healthy and available for 10-d observation | PEP should not be initiated unless animal develops clinical signs of rabies* |
| Rabid or suspected to be rabid | Start PEP immediately |
| Unknown or escaped | |
Skunks, raccoons, foxes, bats,† and other carnivores | Consider rabid unless proven negative by laboratory tests‡ | Start PEP immediately |
Livestock, rodents, lagomorphs (rabbits and hares), and other mammals | Consider individually | Bites of squirrels, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rats, mice, other small rodents, rabbits, and hares almost never require PEP unless behaviour of animal was highly unusual |