Ontario Rabies Update for March 7 – 3 New Cases
2 new positive cases of raccoon rabies in two raccoons (Hamilton) and 1 new positive case of presumed fox rabies in a skunk (Waterloo) this week.
We are currently at 394 cases of raccoon strain, and 16 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 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Halton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hamilton |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Huron |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Niagara |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Norfolk |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Perth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Waterloo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Total Fox Strain |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total Raccoon Strain |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Number of DRIT tests: >300
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 |
Number of DRIT tests: >150
Number of baits distributed: ~220,000