title: Studies on the oral infectivity of rabies virus in carnivora.
abstract: Mature and immature red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) were fed varying numbers of white mice infected with street isolates and a fixed strain of rabies virus. Rabies deaths and the development of serum neutralizing antibody to rabies virus occurred in both species. The epizootiological implications of these findings are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005589:Foxes; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D012889:Mephitidae; D051379:Mice; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D011818:Rabies / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000472:pathogenicity*