Ontario Rabies Update for July 19 – 2 New Cases

2 new cases of presumed raccoon strain rabies this week, occurring in 2 raccoons that were both from Hamilton.

We are currently at 341 cases of raccoon strain, and 10 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario to date.

 

County

Raccoon

Skunk

Fox

Cat

Bovine

Total

Brant

5

0

0

0

0

5

Haldimand

5

1

0

0

0

6

Halton

4

5

0

0

0

9

Hamilton

26

15

0

1

0

42

Huron

0

0

0

0

1

1

Niagara

12

2

0

0

0

14

Perth

0

0

0

0

3

3

Waterloo

0

1

1

0

0

2

Total Fox Strain

0

1

1

0

4

6

Total Raccoon Strain

50

22

0

1

0

76

 

Number of DRIT tests: >2,000

Number of baits distributed: >70,000

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

 

Number of DRIT tests: >150

Number of baits distributed: ~220,000