Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction xiii
5. PART 1: THE BASICS OF RABIES IN CANADA
6. Overview 3
7. 1 A Rabies Primer 5
8. 2 Domestic and Wildlife Rabies Incidence in Canada 20
9. 3 Human Rabies in Canada 38
10. PART 2: THE ROLE OF FEDERAL AGENCIES IN RABIES MANAGEMENT
11. Overview 55
12. 4 The Federal Department of Agriculture 57
13. 5 Health Canada and Rabies 65
14. PART 3: A HISTORY OF RABIES MANAGEMENT IN THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
15. Overview 73
16. 6 British Columbia 77
17. 7 Alberta 92
18. 8 Saskatchewan 102
19. 9 Manitoba 111
20. 10 Ontario 125
21. 11 Quebec 157
22. 12 Maritime Provinces: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick 179
23. 13 Newfoundland and Labrador 195
24. 14 Canada’s North 211
25. PART 4: THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS
26. Overview 253
27. 15 Rabies Vaccines in Canada 255
28. 16 Regulation of Rabies Vaccines in Canada 276
29. 17 Oral Vaccine Development in Canada 281
30. 18 Testing Rabies Vaccines at Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield (formerly the Animal Diseases Research Institute) 299
31. 19 The Development of Aerial Baiting 311
32. PART 5: DATA COLLECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS
33. Overview 331
34. 20 Laboratory Development and Standard Basic Diagnostic Methods for Rabies in Canada 333
35. 21 Passive Surveillance 344
36. 22 Collection and Transport of Specimens 359
37. 23 Genetic Methods for Rabies Diagnosis and Rabies Virus Typing Techniques 365
38. 24 Ancillary Approaches 376
39. PART 6: THE ECOLOGY AND EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF WILDLIFE RABIES
40. Overview 405
41. 25 The Impact of Raccoon Ecology on the Epizootiology of Raccoon Rabies 407
42. 26 Fox Rabies 424
43. 27 Bat Rabies in Canada 466
44. 28 Striped Skunks and Rabies: Ecology and Epizootiology 480
45. 29 Recent Advances in the Epizootiology of Wildlife Rabies 489
46. 30 Understanding Host Dynamics: Applications of Molecular Ecology 509
47. PART 7: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF RABIES IN CANADA
48. Overview 517
49. 31 Prevention and Management in Domestic Animals 519
50. 32 Rabies and Practice in Public Health in Ontario 527
51. 33 Communication Strategies 538
52. 34 Costs of Rabies Management 555
53. PART 8: SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
54. Overview 575
55. 35 Trapper Participation in Rabies Control in Canada 577
56. 36 First Nations People and Rabies 591
57. 37 Inuit and Rabies 599
58. PART 9: CONTRIBUTIONS TO RABIES MANAGEMENT
59. Overview 613
60. 38 The Role of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wildlife Services in Wildlife Rabies Management 615
61. 39 Assessing Canada’s Contributions to Rabies Management and Control 631