Ontario Rabies Update for January 17 – 3 New Cases


3 new positive cases of raccoon rabies in 2 raccoons (Brant and Haldimand) and 1 skunk from Hamilton.

The raccoon case in Haldimand has led to an 8.5 km expansion of the rabies surveillance and control zone to the southwest of the current zone.

We are currently at 388 cases of raccoon strain, and 14 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario to date.

 

Annual Summaries

Numbers in italics in all tables are fox strain.

2018

 

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Bovine

Total

Brant

1

0

0

0

0

1

Haldimand

1

0

0

0

0

1

Halton

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hamilton

2

0

0

0

0

2

Huron

0

0

0

0

0

0

Niagara

0

0

0

0

0

0

Perth

0

0

0

0

0

0

Waterloo

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Fox Strain

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Raccoon Strain

4

0

0

0

0

4

Number of DRIT tests: >100

Number of baits distributed: 0

2017

 

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Bovine

Total

Brant

8

0

0

0

0

8

Haldimand

6

2

0

0

0

8

Halton

8

9

0

0

0

17

Hamilton

45

19

0

1

0

65

Huron

0

1

0

0

1

2

Niagara

19

2

0

0

0

21

Perth

0

1

0

0

3

4

Waterloo

0

3

1

0

0

4

Total Fox Strain

0

5

1

0

4

10

Total Raccoon Strain

86

32

0

1

0

119

Number of DRIT tests: >3,000

Number of baits distributed: >1.1M

2016

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Llama

Bovine

Total

Brant

11

1

0

0

0

0

12

Haldimand

17

0

0

0

1

0

18

Halton

7

2

0

0

0

0

9

Hamilton

126

76

1

1

0

0

204

Huron

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Niagara

10

2

0

0

0

0

12

Perth

0

1

0

0

0

1

2

Total Fox Strain

0

2

0

0

0

1

3

Total Raccoon Strain

171

81

1

1

1

0

255

Number of DRIT tests: >4,500

Number of baits distributed: >1.6 million

2015 (December only)

County

Raccoon

Bovine

Total

Haldimand

1

0

1

Hamilton

9

0

9

Perth

0

1

1

Total Fox Strain

0

1

1

Total Raccoon Strain

10

0

10