Skunk Rabies in California (1992–2003)—Implications for Oral Rabies Vaccination
| Autor: | Jean B. Bourassa, Stephanie A. Shwiff, Michele T. Jay, Dennis Slate, Ben Sun, Robert L. Hale, Ray T. Sterner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Rabies Wildlife Administration Oral Animals Wild California Rabies vaccination Disease Outbreaks Environmental protection biology.animal medicine Animals Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Epizootic Ecology biology medicine.disease humanities Fishery Rabies Vaccines Rabies virus Female San Joaquin Skunk Mephitidae |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 44:1008-1013 |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| Popis: | Skunk-variant rabies is endemic in California (United States), and the development of oral vaccines and baits to vaccinate skunks is in progress. In 2003, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) began to quantify the impacts of skunk-variant rabies and to assess the feasibility of using oral rabies vaccination (ORV) as a containment measure. The CDPH rabies case data for skunks were spatially depicted and analyzed using a geographic information system. Statewide, rabid skunks (1992-2003) primarily occurred in seven physiographic regions: Central Coast, North Coast, North Sierra, Sacramento Valley, San Francisco Bay and Delta, San Joaquin Valley, and South Sierra. Detailed analysis of rabid skunks in San Luis Obispo (SLO) and Santa Barbara (SB) counties showed that skunk rabies was endemic in the coastal plain of SLO County between 1992 and 2000, but only became epizootic in SB County during 2002. Despite the widespread distribution of striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) throughout most of California, the skunk rabies variant has not been found in Los Angeles County since 1979. Results imply that future ORV campaigns for skunk-variant rabies in the Pacific Coastal Plain could deter spread from SLO into SB County, as well as deterring the reintroduction of skunk-variant rabies into southern California. |
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