Ontario Rabies Update for August 29 – 1 New Case
1 new case of presumed fox rabies in one skunk (Elora) this week.
We are currently at 427 cases of raccoon strain, and 20 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario to date.
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Annual Summaries
Numbers in italics in all tables are fox strain.
2018
County |
Raccoon |
Skunk |
Fox |
Cat |
Bovine |
Total |
Brant |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Haldimand |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Halton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Hamilton |
19 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Huron |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Niagara |
8 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Norfolk |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Perth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Waterloo |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Total Fox Strain |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
Total Raccoon Strain |
35 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
43 |
Number of DRIT tests: >2,400
Number of baits distributed: 636,505
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 |
Number of DRIT tests: >150
Number of baits distributed: ~220,000