Skunk rabies in California (1992-2003) - Implications for oral rabies vaccination

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1008-1013

  Sterner, Ray T ^a   Sun, Ben ^b   Bourassa, Jean B ^a   Hale, Robert L ^a   Shwiff, Stephanie A ^a   Jay, Michele T ^b   Slate, Dennis ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Veterinary Public Health Section   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Epizootic; GIS; Oral vaccination; Rabies; Skunks; Spatiotemporal pattern; Strategy; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 56549121172     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.4.1008     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. AUBERT, M. 1994. Control of rabies in foxes: What are the appropriate measures? Veterinary Record 134: 55-59.
2. CRAWFORD-MIKSZA, L. K., D. A. WADFORD, AND D. P. SCHNURR. 1999. Molecular epidemiology of enzootic rabies in California. Journal of Clinical Virology 14: 207-219.
3. DIETZSCHOLD, B., M. FABER, AND M. J. SCHNELL. 2003. New approaches to prevention and eradication of rabies. Expert Review Vaccines 2: 399-406.
4. JAMESON, E. W., AND H. J. PEETERS. 1988. California mammals. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, pp. 158-162.
5. JOHNSTON, D. H., AND R. R. TINLINE. 2002. Rabies control in wildlife. In Rabies, A. C. Jackson and W. H. Warmer (eds.). Academic Press, San Diego, California, pp. 446-471.
6. KEMERE, P., M. K. LIDDEL, P. EVANGELOU, D. SLATE, AND S. OSMEK. 2002. Economic analysis of a large scale oral vaccination program to control raccoon rabies. In Human conflicts with wildlife: Economic considerations, L. Clark, J. Hone, J. A. Shivik, R. A. Watkins, K. C. Vercauteren and J. K. Yoder (eds.). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, pp. 109-115.
7. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2008. Historical rabies episodes in LAC. Accessed 31 July 2008.
8. MESSONNIER, M., AND M. MELTZER. 2003. Cost-benefit analysis. In Prevention effectiveness: A guide to decision analysis and economic evaluation, A. C. Haddiz, S. M. Teutsch and P. S. Corso (eds.). Oxford University Press, New York, New York, pp. 127-155.
9. RUPPRECHT, C. E., R. WILLOUGHBY, AND D. SLATE. 2006. Current and future trends in the prevention, treatment, and control of rabies. Expert review of Anti-Infective Therapy 4: 1021-1038.
10. SHWIFF, S. A., R. T. STERNER, M. T. JAY, S. PARIKH, A. BELLOMY, M. I. MELTZER, C. E. RUPPRECHT, AND D. SLATE. 2007. Direct and indirect costs of rabies exposure: A retrospective study in southern California (1998-2003). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43: 251-257.
11. SLATE, D., C. E. RUPPRECHT, J. A. ROONEY, D. DONOVAN, D. H. LEIN, AND R. B. CHIPMAN. 2005. Status of oral rabies vaccination in wild carnivores in the United States. Virus Research 111: 68-76.
12. STECK, F., A. WANDLER, P. BISHELL, S. CAPT, U. HAFLIGER, AND L. SCHNEIDER. 1982. Oral immunization of foxes against rabies: Laboratories and field studies. Comparative immunology and Microbial Infectious Diseases 5: 165-179.
13. STERNER, R. T., AND G. C. SMITH. 2006. Modelling wildlife rabies: Transmission, economics and conservation. Biological Conservation 131: 163-179.
14. STERNER, R. T., M. M. KLING, S. A. SHWIFF, AND D. SLATE. 2003. Oral rabies vaccination: Reducing economic uncertainty via response surface analysis. Proceedings of the Wildlife Damage Management Conference 10: 134-145.
15. STÖHR, K., AND F. M. MESLIN. 1996. Progress and setbacks in the oral vaccination of foxes against rabies in Europe. Veterinary Record 139: 32-35.
16. VOS, A. 2003. Oral vaccination against rabies and the behavioural ecology of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Journal of Veterinary Medicine 50: 477-483.
17. WELSH, H. H. 1994. Bioregions: An ecological and evolutionary perspective and a proposal for California. California Fish and Game 80: 97-124.
18. WINKLER, W. G., AND K. BÖGEL. 1992. Control of rabies in wildlife. Scientific American 266: 86-92.