Evaluation of the first oral rabies vaccination campaign of the red foxes in Greece

Κορού, Λασκαρίνα-Μαρία; Tasioudi, Konstantia E.; Tzani, Myrsini; Konstantinidis, Athanasios; Plevraki, Aikaterini; Iliadou, Peristera; Kostoglou, P.; Kaimaras, Dimitrios; Doudounakis, Spyridon; Mangana-Vougiouka, O

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.11.031

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“…It is far from simple and appears to harbour serious danger in terms of rabies control. Though the eradication of the disease from the continent seems to go on successfully (Korou et al, 2016;Bedeković et al, 2019;Robardet et al, 2019), it is very probable that even the number of carnivores profusely exceeds the distributed baits. This situation is aggravated by the wild boars and other omnivore species that remove the majority of baits.…”

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Rabies control in wildlife: the golden jackal (Canis aureus) requests for attention – a case study

Kemenszky

Jánoska

Nagy

et al. 2020

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In Hungary, the rabies control programme with oral bait immunisation of wild carnivores dates back to 1992. Since than, the rules of vaccine placement on bait density has not changed, in spite of drastic expansion of both the carnivore community and the wild boar population in Europe. Though, all these elements of the concerned ecosystem compete for the baits. This case study was based on the accidental finding of vaccine blisters in jackal stomachs during a large-scale investigation on jackals’ feeding ecology. The results showed 3.17% (0.57-10.87%) frequency of bait occurrence in jackal specimens harvested during the vaccination term. This finding contradicted previous reports on high bait uptake rate and rabies seroconversion in golden jackals. These results called the attention the need for paradigm shift in management of diseases maintained in a natural reservoir. In the authors’ opinion, for reassuring result, multidisciplinary research groups should re-evaluate disease control strategies time and again.

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Rabies control in wildlife: the golden jackal (Canis aureus) requests for attention – a case study

Kemenszky

Jánoska

Nagy

et al. 2020

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“…Studies in Europe and North America have described that bait uptake can range between 40 and 80% 15 . In a two year vaccination campaign in Kosovo, average bait uptake was 55.7% 16 , while it was 70% in Greece after one vaccination campaign 17 .…”

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Factors influencing the success of aerial rabies vaccination of foxes

Henning

Giorgi

Magalhães

et al. 2017

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Sylvatic rabies has been eradicated from most of Central Europe, but cases still occur in the Balkans. Oral rabies vaccination of foxes is an effective method for controlling the disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the success of aerial vaccination campaigns conducted in Montenegro by identifying ecological, environmental and climatic factors that influenced the prevalence of antibodies to the rabies vaccine. To monitor the bait uptake and the serological responses to vaccination, foxes were shot by hunters. Of 175 shot foxes, 142 foxes (81.1%) had consumed baits. Of these only a total of 81 (57.0%) tested positive for rabies vaccine antibodies, possibly, due to the delayed uptake of bait in which the rabies vaccine was already inactivated. We found that low vaccination responses were associated with high fox density and bait delivery in open areas. In high fox density habitat, bait uptake might be delayed as other food and prey options for foxes are abundant. Similarly, delayed bait uptake probably occurred in open areas as such areas are less frequently used by foxes. The findings of this study suggest that efficacy of oral rabies vaccination by aerial delivery is associated with landscape features.

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“…As it proved impossible to collect information of aspects that could have affected the seroconversion in single foxes, such as individual immune‐related factors, only the detection of TC was considered as a measure of ORV efficacy, allowing to assess the overall bait consumption (Korou et al., ). The EU guidelines state that typical levels of uptake of TC range from 50% to 90% in adult foxes (European Commission, ).…”

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The economic implications of sylvatic rabies eradication in Italy

Sartore

Mulatti

Trestini³

et al. 2017

Zoonoses and Public Health

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SummaryAfter more than 10 years of absence, sylvatic rabies re-appeared in Italy in 2008. To prevent disease spread, three oral rabies vaccination (ORV) campaigns targeting red foxes were performed through manual distribution of vaccine baits between January and September 2009. As these campaigns proved unsuccessful, at the end of K E Y W O R D Scost assessment, economics, Italy, oral rabies vaccination, red fox, sylvatic rabies

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Evaluation of the first oral rabies vaccination campaign of the red foxes in Greece

Cited by 12 publications

References 17 publications

Rabies control in wildlife: the golden jackal (Canis aureus) requests for attention – a case study

Rabies control in wildlife: the golden jackal (Canis aureus) requests for attention – a case study

Factors influencing the success of aerial rabies vaccination of foxes

The economic implications of sylvatic rabies eradication in Italy

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