Rabies eradication in Belgium by fox vaccination using vaccinia-rabies recombinant virus
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Brochier, B.
Pastoret, P.P.
Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa)
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Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
Abstract
Oral immunization of foxes against rabies, by distributing vaccine-baits in the field, has been in progress since 1993 in the whole of the infected area of Belgium (10 000 km²). A vaccinia-rabies recombinant virus (VR-G) was used as vaccine because of its efficacy, safety and heat-stability. The successive campaigns of fox vaccination have induced a drastic decrease in rabies incidence and in 1993 there were no cases of rabies detected in the fox population.
A marked decrease of human post-exposure treatments and the elimination of the disease in domestic animals have been the consequence of fox rabies control.
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Veterinary medicine, Rabies in southern and eastern Africa. Proceedings of a workshop held at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa, 3-5 May 1993
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Citation
Brochier, B & Pastoret, PP 1993, ' Rabies eradication in Belgium by fox vaccination using vaccinia-rabies recombinant virus’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 469-475.