The province is tripling its vaccine blitz of the Hamilton area after a fifth raccoon was found to have rabies.
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/61...hamilton-area/
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The province is tripling its vaccine blitz of the Hamilton area after a fifth raccoon was found to have rabies.
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/61...hamilton-area/
Has the ministry not been dropping baits for the past 10 years??
The ministry had stopped dropping baits because they felt they had eliminated this particular strain. No positive tests in the past 10 years. However that strain remains prevelant in New York state and migration from there is suspected.
Before I could get to him, my terrier rolled in a dead racoon this week . Assuming up to date rabies shots are sufficient.
edited for spelling
Hope so Sharon.
pretty much the only thing you can do anyways for your dog.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharon
the other question is how much of it is on your dog and if it could be transmitted; e.g. by petting your dog
rabies is fortunately an enveloped virus and has a rather short survival time outside a mammal's body:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3125654
nonetheless, it's something to think about:
20ºC & 37ºC: rabies virus in salavia total inactivation after 96 hours, at 5ºC it took 144h
too late now :) If I stop posting you'll know. :)
I think I'm safe as the raccoon looked VERY dead/rotting. Very interesting link.
Source: http://london.ctvnews.ca/four-new-ra...o-10-1.2711853
Four new raccoon rabies cases found in Hamilton, bringing outbreak total to 10
The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:19PM EST
HAMILTON - The city says four new raccoon rabies cases have been found in Hamilton, bringing the total to 10 found in the area over the past three weeks.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has been dropping vaccine baits over a large swath of land in and around Hamilton to prevent its spread...
Thats not true , the baiting has been ongoing and has never stopped , what did stop was proper monitoring and testingQuote:
Originally Posted by Roper
I was under the impression certain areas were still being baited, potential hotspots. I know for a fact an area I use to live stopped baiting for close to 10 years.
10 cases in Hamilton in 3 weeks
Be careful there folks . Don't be touching any dead carcasses. More of a worry for humans than a vaccinated dog.
http://www.pressreader.com/canada/th...67306/TextView
Two new cases of raccoon rabies found in Hamilton, bringing outbreak to 12
raccoon rabies
The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, January 7, 2016 1:17PM EST
HAMILTON - Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says there are two new cases of raccoon rabies in Hamilton, bringing the total to 12 in the city.
Chris Davies, head of wildlife research with the ministry, says the cases were officially diagnosed on Tuesday.
He says the ministry has dropped about 220,000 raccoon baits in the area in a bid to quash the outbreak...
More: http://london.ctvnews.ca/two-new-cas...o-12-1.2727766
I see they have also found the Arctic Fox strain of rabies in Perth County....
The article begs the question, do those vaccine baits takes care of both strains ?Quote:
Animals on a farm in Perth County are under confinement after a calf on that farm tested positive for rabies according to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
The ministry is not naming the farm or releasing its address for reasons of confidentiality, but assures residents of southern Ontario that there is no risk to food safety.
read more : http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/calf-in-perth-county-ont-tests-positive-for-arctic-fox-rabies-1.3393693Quote:
The Arctic fox strain of rabies that was found in the calf was last seen in Ontario in 2012, and is different from the strain of rabies that has been identified in raccoons in Hamilton.
"Between 1958 and 1990, we had 22,000 rabid red foxes in Ontario," Anderson said. "We beat it back, and the last known pocket of Arctic fox variant rabies was actually in that Perth district."
"What likely happened is we pushed it down below the level of detection, but there may have still been a couple of pockets where the virus was still circulating in the wildlife population and only now has spilled back over into the domestic animal population."
She said that the Ministry of Natural Resources will begin dropping vaccinated bait in the Perth area in the spring, in order to reduce the number of undetected cases of rabies among wild fox and skunk populations.