Ontario Rabies Update for August 14 – 2 New Cases
2 new cases of raccoon rabies detected in two skunks (Hamilton) last week. The two positives were located only ~ 180m apart.
We are currently at 466 cases of raccoon strain, and 21 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario to date.
Annual Summaries
2019
|
County |
Raccoon |
Skunk |
Fox |
Cat |
Bovine |
Dog |
Total |
|
Brant |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Haldimand |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Halton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hamilton |
5 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Huron |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Niagara |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Norfolk |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Perth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Waterloo |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Waterloo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total Fox Strain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total Raccoon Strain |
7 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
17 |
Number of DRIT tests: >3,000
Number of baits distributed: >120,000
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 |
29 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
|
Huron |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Niagara |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
|
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 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Total Fox Strain |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
|
Total Raccoon Strain |
50 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
65 |
Number of DRIT tests: >3,800
Number of baits distributed: 1,444,161
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: >4,000
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


