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- Title
On skunk rabies and its prevention in North America.
- Authors
Velasco‐Villa, Andres
- Abstract
However, some efforts have been conducted in the US and Canada to reduce or mitigate the associated risks that imply the expansion of skunk rabies outbreaks, or the establishment of new RVVs in certain skunk populations (Elmore et al., [13]; Fehlner-Gardiner et al., [15]; Slate et al., [37]). Albeit their divergent origins, all RVVs circulating in North American skunk populations seem to be virulent and capable of causing rabies in any sympatric mammal that a rabid skunk may encounter (Barton & Wisely, [3]; Charlton et al., [8]; Hill et al., [22]). There is no accurate estimation of the total number of rabies cases due to skunk RVVs or rabid skunk exposures in domesticated and wildlife animals throughout North America (Ma et al., [27]). Examples of outbreaks and the detection of non skunk-associated RVVs in skunks include a skunk rabies outbreak in Flagstaff Arizona, where skunk to skunk rabies transmission of a RVV maintained by big brown bats lasted over consecutive years, and southern Canada where intraspecific rabies transmission of the raccoon RVV in skunk populations sparked a rabies outbreak among skunks (Elmore et al., [13]).
- Subjects
NORTH America; RABIES; EMERGING infectious diseases; VECTOR-borne diseases; RABIES vaccines; RACCOON
- Publication
Equine Veterinary Education, 2023, Vol 35, Issue 11, p589
- ISSN
0957-7734
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/eve.13843