Rabies in vaccinated raccoons from Ontario, Canada.
From 1999 to 2006, 132 cases of raccoon rabies, caused by the raccoon variant of rabies virus, were confirmed in eastern Ontario, Canada. Trap-vaccinate-release (TVR) and point infection control (PIC) programs were implemented to control the disease; 43,014 raccoons (Procyon lotor) were vaccinated against rabies by injection (Imrab3) during that period. Two vaccinated raccoons were diagnosed with rabies at 6 mo and at 2 wk postvaccination. One may have been due to a vaccination failure. The other was likely due to the animal being in the late stages of incubation for rabies at the time of vaccination. This information will be useful to wildlife rehabilitators and agencies that hold raccoons in captivity in that a vaccinated raccoon is not necessarily immune to rabies.
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Rick
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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Rabies Research and Development Unit, Trent University, DNA Building, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. rick.rosatte@mnr.gov.on.ca
Donovan
Dennis
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Allan
Mike
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Bruce
Laura
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Buchanan
Tore
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Sobey
Kirk
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Davies
Chris
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Wandeler
Alex
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Muldoon
Frances
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D005260:Female; D007267:Injections / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011821:Raccoons / Q000821:virology*; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary
D011819:Rabies Vaccines