Why wasn't the pig tested for rabies?
No. It survived in the wild long enough that it would already have been dead by the time it was taken were it rabid and it was barbecued before the Health Department could get at it and the HD didn’t push it. I am glad she got the shots. I don’t trust official judgment a hell of a lot.
The rabies “postexposure prophylaxis” is typically started within 24 hours after contact with the infected animal. If the pig was not apprehended immediately, the shots would have been started. They are not as bad as they once were... They consist “of a dose of human rabies immune globulin (based on weight) and a series of 4 vaccinations (5 vaccinations for immunocompromised individuals) in the deltoid area over a month period.
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-rabies-but-should