Guest guest Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 >Can any one give information about Anti Rabies vaccination(Live >Rabies Virus Bait).How it is effective in stray street dogs and what >are the complications.Is it is used any where in world for >straydogs and How effective It is? The oral rabies vaccine for Indian street dogs now being deployed by CUPA in Bangalore, and soon to be deployed in Delhi and Chennai, is a new product, which has been tested for five years and is just now going into general use. However, it closely resembles the Raboral vaccine which has been extensively used for nearly 30 years against fox rabies in western Europe, with great success and no adverse incidents, and in species-specific adapted form, has also been highly successful against raccoon rabies in North America. The animals targeted by an adapted form of Raboral who behaviorally most resemble street dogs are coyotes. Coyotes are actually the North American form of the jackal, but live off of rats and human refuse in many parts of the U.S. much as street dogs do in India. The coyote population of North America is approximately equal to the population of domestic dogs. Coyotes, unlike domestic dogs, rarely get rabies--but the one time in recent memory that they did, the oral vaccinate very quickly suppressed the outbreak, which involved a huge portion of the largest continental state. Details are below. The headline, incidentally, is derived from the only words in a 1960s " surf music " instrumental, performed by Don Wilson, a prominent vegetarian whose daughter cofounded HorseAid/International Generic Horse Association. - Ha! ha! ha! Rabies wipe-out! (From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 1998.) AUSTIN, Tex.--Aircraft on January 6 began dropping 1.5 million oral rabies vaccine pellets over 42,00 square miles in 66 Texas counties, the anticipated last salvo in a three-year drive to eradicate the only major rabies outbreak among coyotes ever reported. Canine rabies in all species is down 98% in south Texas since the vaccine drops began, at cost of about $4 million a year--a fraction of the $63 million estimated cost of human health care alone if the job hadn't been done. " We started with the hope of containing the virus, " Texas Department of Health Oral Rabies Vaccination Project director Gayne Fearneyhough told Anna M. Tinsley of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, " but it soon became obvious that we could contain and eliminate this rabies strain from very large geographic areas. " Successive drops begun in 1995 gradually pushed rabies outbreaks from the outskirts of San Antonio to the Rio Grande, where Fearneyhough hopes to maintain a permanent vaccine barrier. A joint U.S./Canadian drop of 70,000 vaccine pellets over northwestern Vermont in May 1997 to slow or stop the spread of raccoon rabies immunized just 16 of 151 raccoons who were trapped and tested for antibodies, the USDA reported in December 1997--a mere 11%, less than half the 25% to 50% immunization rate achieved by other vaccine drops. Because the results were so poor, project coordinators from Cornell University and the wildlife and health departments of Vermont, Quebec, and Ontario suspect the problem was with how the bait pellets were made, not with the vaccination method. The prevailing theory is that the raccoons swallowed the pellets whole, instead of puncturing them to release the vaccine dose. A 70% immunization rate is generally believed to be necessary to stop the spread of disease. Most oral rabies vaccination campaigns have reached this target with the second or third pellet drop. Inspired by the success of oral rabies vaccination in western Europe over the past 14 years, the World Health Organization has declared a goal of eradicating rabies globally. Comparing first-quarter reported rabies cases: Nation 1983 1997 Austria 404 5 Belgium 208 6 France 802 1 Germany 2,764 34 Italy 93 0 Switzerland 213 0 The Netherlands 1 0 -- Merritt Clifton Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE P.O. Box 960 Clinton, WA 98236 Telephone: 360-579-2505 Fax: 360-579-2575 E-mail: anmlpepl Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org [ANIMAL PEOPLE is the leading independent newspaper providing original investigative coverage of animal protection worldwide, founded in 1992. Our readership of 30,000-plus includes the decision-makers at more than 10,000 animal protection organizations. We have no alignment or affiliation with any other entity. $24/year; for free sample, send address.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Dear All, Now the Oral Anti-Rabies Vaccins Biscuts are available in Pune. In past I received brochure from them. Thismethod will be more effective rather than catching the dogs and inject them. We can vaccin the dogs just by throwing biscuts to them. For those dogs which are not catchable, this vaccin is useful. Please see below link. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1034960 Regards, Nilesh PAWS >>Can any one give information about Anti Rabies vaccination(Live >>Rabies Virus Bait).How it is effective in stray street dogs and what >>are the complications.Is it is used any where in world for >>straydogs and How effective It is? > > > The oral rabies vaccine for Indian street dogs now being > deployed by CUPA in Bangalore, and soon to be deployed in Delhi and > Chennai, is a new product, which has been tested for five years and > is just now going into general use. > > However, it closely resembles the Raboral vaccine which has > been extensively used for nearly 30 years against fox rabies in > western Europe, with great success and no adverse incidents, and in > species-specific adapted form, has also been highly successful > against raccoon rabies in North America. > > The animals targeted by an adapted form of Raboral who > behaviorally most resemble street dogs are coyotes. Coyotes are > actually the North American form of the jackal, but live off of rats > and human refuse in many parts of the U.S. much as street dogs do in > India. The coyote population of North America is approximately equal > to the population of domestic dogs. > > Coyotes, unlike domestic dogs, rarely get rabies--but the > one time in recent memory that they did, the oral vaccinate very > quickly suppressed the outbreak, which involved a huge portion of > the largest continental state. Details are below. > > The headline, incidentally, is derived from the only words > in a 1960s " surf music " instrumental, performed by Don Wilson, a > prominent vegetarian whose daughter cofounded HorseAid/International > Generic Horse Association. > > > - > > > Ha! ha! ha! Rabies wipe-out! > (From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 1998.) > > AUSTIN, Tex.--Aircraft on January 6 began dropping 1.5 > million oral rabies vaccine pellets over 42,00 square miles in 66 > Texas counties, the anticipated last salvo in a three-year drive to > eradicate the only major rabies outbreak among coyotes ever reported. > Canine rabies in all species is down 98% in south Texas since > the vaccine drops began, at cost of about $4 million a year--a > fraction of the $63 million estimated cost of human health care alone > if the job hadn't been done. > " We started with the hope of containing the virus, " Texas > Department of Health Oral Rabies Vaccination Project director Gayne > Fearneyhough told Anna M. Tinsley of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, > " but it soon became obvious that we could contain and eliminate this > rabies strain from very large geographic areas. " > Successive drops begun in 1995 gradually pushed rabies > outbreaks from the outskirts of San Antonio to the Rio Grande, where > Fearneyhough hopes to maintain a permanent vaccine barrier. > A joint U.S./Canadian drop of 70,000 vaccine pellets over > northwestern Vermont in May 1997 to slow or stop the spread of > raccoon rabies immunized just 16 of 151 raccoons who were trapped and > tested for antibodies, the USDA reported in December 1997--a mere > 11%, less than half the 25% to 50% immunization rate achieved by > other vaccine drops. Because the results were so poor, project > coordinators from Cornell University and the wildlife and health > departments of Vermont, Quebec, and Ontario suspect the problem was > with how the bait pellets were made, not with the vaccination > method. The prevailing theory is that the raccoons swallowed the > pellets whole, instead of puncturing them to release the vaccine > dose. > A 70% immunization rate is generally believed to be necessary > to stop the spread of disease. Most oral rabies vaccination > campaigns have reached this target with the second or third pellet > drop. > Inspired by the success of oral rabies vaccination in western > Europe over the past 14 years, the World Health Organization has > declared a goal of eradicating rabies globally. Comparing > first-quarter reported rabies cases: > > Nation 1983 1997 > Austria 404 5 > Belgium 208 6 > France 802 1 > Germany 2,764 34 > Italy 93 0 > Switzerland 213 0 > The Netherlands 1 0 > > > > > > -- > Merritt Clifton > Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE > P.O. Box 960 > Clinton, WA 98236 > > Telephone: 360-579-2505 > Fax: 360-579-2575 > E-mail: anmlpepl > Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org > > [ANIMAL PEOPLE is the leading independent newspaper providing > original investigative coverage of animal protection worldwide, > founded in 1992. Our readership of 30,000-plus includes the > decision-makers at more than 10,000 animal protection organizations. > We have no alignment or affiliation with any other entity. $24/year; > for free sample, send address.] > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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