Rabies Vaccine Rabies Surveillance: 2006 49 states reported cases - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Rabies Vaccine Rabies Surveillance: 2006 49 states reported cases - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
EquiRab Rabies Vaccine Rabies Surveillance: 2006 49 states reported cases of rabies Hawaii only rabies free state Overall incidence up 8.2% since 2005 3 human cases; 6940 animal cases 92% wild animals 38%
Rabies Surveillance: 2006
- 49 states reported cases of rabies
– Hawaii only “rabies free” state – Overall incidence up 8.2% since 2005
- 3 human cases; 6940 animal cases
– 92% wild animals
- 38% raccoons, 24% bats, 21.5% skunks, 6% foxes
– 8% domestic animals
- Number of cat cases usually 3 – 4 X number of dog
- r cattle cases
- PA had largest # of cases: 72; VA was 2nd with 62
Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Horse Stabled at Tennessee Walking Horse 2006 National Celebration Tested Positive for Rabies
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne & Enteric Diseases
- Shelbyville, TN: Confirmed case of rabies in a 3-yr old
gelding stabled on the show grounds
- TN Dept of Health & CDC contacted >150,000 people
who attended the event
1-ml dose 97.7% reaction free
PRODUCT LABEL CLAIM
“For the vaccination of healthy horses, 4 months-of-age or older, as an aid in the prevention of disease caused by rabies virus up to 14 months following vaccination”.