# Rabies vaccines

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabies-vaccines/459>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 20, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabies-vaccines/459 "2000-01-20T06:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![APB9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabies-vaccines/459/1 "2000-01-20T06:28:00Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrabies.html#update](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrabies.html#update)

The above rabies column didn’t answer the question: Why is the dog vaccine so much cheaper than the human? They’re both rabies antigens, right?

Are they prepared differently? Are there different safety standards? It’s incredibly frustrating when Cecil himself doesn’t answer the question…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabies-vaccines/459/2 "2000-01-20T06:51:00Z")

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Why would dogs need to be vacinnated against people???

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabies-vaccines/459/3 "2000-01-21T04:38:00Z")

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Moving this to the forum on Mailbag answers.