Controlling Rabies at its Source: The Texas Experience - Oral Rabies Vaccination Program
Date
2008-05
Authors
Rohde, Rodney E.
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Publisher
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Abstract
In February 1995, the Texas DSHS initiated the Oral Rabies Vaccination Program (ORVP) as a multiyear program to create zones of vaccinated coyotes (and followed in 1996 with gray foxes) along the leading edges of the epizootics to halt the spread of the virus. The ORVP is a cooperative program involving DSHS; Texas Cooperative Extension Wildlife Services; U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services; Texas National Guard; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Merial Ltd.; Dynamic Aviation Group; U.S. Army Veterinary Laboratory at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio; Texas A&M University System; and other local, state and federal agencies.
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Keywords
rabies, vaccinations, public health, diseases, epidemiology, Clinical Laboratory Science Program
Citation
Rohde, R. (2008). Controlling rabies at its source: The Texas Experience - Oral Rabies Vaccination Program. ASCLS Today, 12(5), pp. 8-9.