title: Background prevalence of tetracycline-like fluorescence in teeth of free ranging red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) and raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Ontario, Canada.
abstract: We collected and examined teeth from 3406 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) collected in Ontario, Canada, from 1978 to 1986, prior to large scale rabies vaccine baiting. We found tetracycline-like fluorescence in five (0.2%) of the samples. Also, we observed similar fluorescences in five (0.4%) of 1103 striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) and in six (0.8%) of 744 raccoons (Procyon lotor). The low prevalence of such marks would not appear to invalidate the use of tetracycline as a marking agent in vaccine baiting trials.
authors.affiliation: Rabies Research Unit, Southern Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Nunan
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: MacInnes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bachmann
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Watt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003481:Cuspid / Q000737:chemistry*; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005589:Foxes / Q000378:metabolism*; D012889:Mephitidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D009864:Ontario; D015995:Prevalence; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011821:Raccoons / Q000378:metabolism*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines; D013752:Tetracycline