The Douglas County Health Department has initiated a program to distribute oral rabies vaccines to wildlife.
The initiative comes in response to a recent increase in the number of rabies cases among wildlife in the county.
The program is focused on raccoons and involves the use of vaccine-laden baits.
The Douglas County Health Department has initiated a program to distribute oral rabies vaccines to wildlife in an effort to prevent the spread of the disease. The program, which is focused on raccoons, involves the use of vaccine-laden baits that are distributed in areas where the animals are known to frequent. The baits are coated with a fishmeal attractant and contain a small packet of liquid rabies vaccine. When a raccoon bites into the bait, the vaccine is ingested and the animal develops immunity to the disease.
The initiative comes in response to a recent increase in the number of rabies cases among wildlife in the county. The Health Department has been capturing and vaccinating raccoons to contain the strain of rabies. The oral vaccine program is seen as a more efficient way to reach a larger number of animals and prevent the disease from spreading further. The department has urged residents to avoid handling the baits and to keep their pets away from them.
The baits are coated with a fishmeal attractant and are packaged in one-inch square cubes or two-inch plastic sachets.
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The department is working with USDA Wildlife Services to distribute the vaccines.
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The program is part of a national effort to prevent the spread of rabies in wildlife.
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