No. The World Health Organization approves human rabies vaccines, and these modern vaccines are very safe, effective and do not contain live rabies virus. No cases of rabies have been documented after administration of WHO-approved rabies vaccines.
Vaccination against rabies used to involve many painful injections to the stomach. Modern vaccines are given into the muscle or under the skin of the upper arm and are not any more painful than other vaccines.
No case of human rabies resulting from consumption of raw meat from a rabid animal has been documented. Consumption of meat or milk from a rabid animal is strongly discouraged and should be avoided, but is not considered an exposure.
However, there have been documented cases of rabies transmission in butchers who were cutting meat from a rabid animal. This occurred when virus entered the body through breaks in the skin whilst butchering. Preparation of meat from domestic animals or wildlife killed by hunters is considered a high risk activity for rabies transmission. In some countries there are guidelines that prohibit the slaughtering of animals that have been known to be exposed to rabies in the recent past.
There are no scientifically documented cases of rabies transmission through raw milk consumption, or from eating raw meat from a rabid animal. Consumption of meat or milk from a rabid animal is strongly discouraged and should be avoided, but it is not considered an exposure, and PEP is not indicated.
