Ontario Rabies Update for November 21 – 2 New Cases
2 new cases of raccoon rabies in one raccoon (Hamilton) and one skunk (Township of North Dumfries) this week.
We are currently at 444 cases of raccoon strain, and 20 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario to date.
Annual Summaries
2018
County |
Raccoon |
Skunk |
Fox |
Cat |
Bovine |
Total |
Brant |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Haldimand |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Halton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Hamilton |
28 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
Huron |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Niagara |
9 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Norfolk |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Perth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Waterloo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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 |
48 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
Number of DRIT tests: >3,500
Number of baits distributed: 1,380,874
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