Rishikesavan, RPalanivel, KMSaravanan, SSenthil, RTANUVAS2019-11-272019-11-272014http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810136275TNV_SIJVS_2014_2(1)8-10Rabies is a neurotropic viral disease causing fatal encephalitis in mammals that is almost invariably acute and fatal once the clinical signs develop (OIE, 2005) and there are no drugs available to cure this disease (Anil Patyal. 2012). Every year more than 30,000 people are reported to die from rabies and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 15 million people receive post exposure treatment (WHO, 2013). In India, rabies occurs in human and animals through bite of pet animals (dog) and/or wild animals. The infection occurs by entry of the virus in to the bite Wound through the saliva of the infected animals (Madhusudana, 2005). The incubation period of this neuropandemic disease varies from 2 weeks to 6 years in animals (WHO, 2013) and 7 days to 9 years in humans (Palanivel et al., 2011).enVeterinary ScienceArticle