Nearly 200 residents of Piprauli village in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun got rabies vaccination as a precautionary measure after they discovered that the raita (a curd-based dish) they consumed at the funeral was made from the milk of a buffalo that died after being bitten by a dog.
According to the villagers, a funeral ceremony was held in the village on December 23, where they had raita. Later, it came to light that the buffalo whose milk was used to make the dish had been bitten by a dog a few days earlier.
The buffalo died on December 26, after which panic spread in the village due to the fear of infection.
The villagers reached the Ujhani community health centre and got vaccinated.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Rameshwar Mishra on Sunday said that they had received information that a buffalo in the village had been bitten by a rabid dog and had died due to symptoms of rabies.
It was reported that the villagers had consumed ‘infected’ raaita. As a precaution, everyone was advised to get a rabies injection.