Elimination of Arctic Variant Rabies in Red Foxes, Metropolitan Toronto

• Other Authors: Rosatte, R. C., Power, M. J., Donovan, D., Davies, J. C., Allan, M., Bachmann, P., Stevenson, B., Wandeler, A., Muldoon, F.
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Research; Ontario; rabies; red fox; Vulpes vulpes; Animal Diseases; Animals; Foxes; Rabies Vaccines; Time Factors; Vaccination; Vaccines; Attenuated; Arctic; Evelyn
• Online Access: http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16387/

To control the Arctic variant of rabies virus in red foxes, 332,257 bait doses containing live, attenuated Evelyn-Rokitnicki-Abelseth rabies vaccine were distributed in greater metropolitan Toronto during 1989-1999. Human and pet contact with bait was minimal, and no adverse reactions to the vaccine...