Tag: rabies

January 12, 2017

Flavored bait could improve raccoon rabies vaccinations

A group of researchers has found that captive raccoons are more likely to consume baits used to lure them to ingest rabies vaccines if the bait is fish-flavored. TWS member...

November 10, 2016

Successful 2016 oral rabies vaccination campaign completed

2016 marks the 21st year that the USDA Wildlife Services (WS) National Rabies Management Program (NRMP) has participated in the distribution of oral rabies vaccine (ORV) baits in the U.S.,...

September 15, 2016

Like catching lightning — global campaign to end rabies now

The time has come to “end rabies now” and we have the tools and strategies to do it, according to a growing coalition of global rabies experts. After close to...

January 6, 2016

Plan Guides Management of Raccoon Rabies Outbreak

On December 4, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources confirmed a case of raccoon rabies in Hamilton, Ontario about 80 kilometers from the Buffalo, New York Airport and west of...