what temperature can rabies survive
An Agriculture Canada experiment put a rabid animal in a freezer at -30 deg. C for two years. When the carcass was thawed, the virus was still active! Rabies virus in a petrie dish at room temperature will remain active for a few days. In a summer, roadside condition, the virus around the surface of the animal would probably die within half an hour, but the virus in the brain would be viable for several days.