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Estonian authorities have conquered rabies

BC, Tallinn, 14.10.2009.Print version

Estonian Veterinary and Food Board data indicate that rabies, that was mainly spread by fox and raccoon dogs, has been conquered in Estonia with vaccinations that have taken place over the past five years, Postimees Online/LETA reports.

 

Around two or three cases of rabies a year are still found at areas next to the Russian border.

 

Veterinary and Food Board project manager Enel Niin said that vaccinating fox and raccoon dogs against rabies doesn’t have exactly a bad effect on their numbers. Still, the number of rabies cases has plunged drastically. “Rabies is a dangerous and difficult disease that always end in death,” said Niin. People can contract the disease too.

 

All over Estonia, except the areas of cities, 860,000 doses of rabies vaccine are thrown down a plane every autumn and spring. The Estonian state decided to launch such vaccination in 2003 when 814 cases of rabies were registered, 51 in domestic animals. The first vaccination took place in 2005.





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