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Re:CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats... by pvaldes on Friday January 07, 2022 @04:44AM (#29837129)
Rabies can be split in terrestrial mammals and bats. Terrestrial mean wild and domestic: A fox can have rabies, but a horse or a camel can have rabies also.

Grouping it in this way is important because terrestrial mammals can be vaccinated easily.

Has been done with success in central Europe just drone seeding a zone with meat baits with oral vaccines on them. 90% of the foxes and jackals in an area can be vaccinated really fast with this system and then you repeat it each year to include also the new cubs. Then you stop messing seriously with the population to avoid empty territories and new animals moving to the area. Is perfectly doable if you have the political will of vaccinating and -not- culling the vaccinated population. Culling increases the probability of having rabies in the area.

Dogs and cats can be (or are required to be) vaccinated, so is not a big problem either. You just need to watch for stray cats and dogs and use the baits again.

Bats can't be vaccinated easily and they are big travelers, so still are the main reservoir in Europe. We still don't have a solution for this problem

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