title: [The occurrence and distribution of rabies in Rheinland-Pfalz].
abstract: By means of a descriptive study the progress of silvatic rabies in Rheinland-Pfalz is reported, starting from its first occurrence in 1955. During the period of 30 years a total of 35,090 animals of 48 different species has been examined on rabies, yielding 26,6% infected animals. The annual fractions of positive results fluctuated around this mean value with small deviations. The percentage for wild animals (35.9%) exceeded that of domestic animals (14.8%) significantly. The number of the annual rabid foxes showed no dependence on the hunting indicator of population density (HIPD) but correlated well with the dimension of the rabies-infected area.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004285:Dogs; D005589:Foxes; D005860:Germany, West; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Uber das Vorkommen und die Verbreitung der Tollwut in Rheinland-Pfalz.