Ontario Rabies Update for May 23 – 1 New Case

1 new case of raccoon rabies in a raccoon (Niagara) this week.

We are currently at 403 cases of raccoon strain, and 17 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario to date.

Annual Summaries

Numbers in italics in all tables are fox strain.

Numbers in black in all tables are raccoon 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

10

3

0

0

0

13

Huron

0

1

0

0

0

1

Niagara

2

2

0

0

0

4

Norfolk

1

0

0

0

0

1

Perth

0

0

0

0

0

0

Waterloo

0

2

0

0

0

2

Total Fox Strain

0

3

0

0

0

3

Total Raccoon Strain

14

5

0

0

0

19

Number of DRIT tests: >1000

Number of baits distributed: 57,104

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