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