Resources

Helpful links and resources to help you find out more about Rabies in your area, what you can do about it, and how Merial is partnering with local and national agencies and groups to help.

News:

• Rabies vaccine baits to be placed in Tennessee counties starting next week
• Anne Arundel Co, MD 2017 ORV Program
• These little packets you might find in your yard are fighting rabies.
• USDA Begins 2017 Oral Rabies Vaccine Efforts in Eastern United States.
• Cape Cod Rabies Task Force Facebook Page
• Rabies vaccine program returns to Wareham April 25th 2017
• Cape Cod Oral Rabies Vaccine Baiting Program
• Texas ORV Program
• Raccoon Rabies Prevention Program a Success on L.I.
• The Economics of a Successful Raccoon Rabies Elimination Program on Long Island, New York.
• USDA to distribute rabies vaccine baits: What to do if you or your pet finds one
• USDA airdropping rabies vaccine for raccoons in SW VA, NE TN
• Wildlife Rabies Vaccination Project Protects People and Pets
• HCSO Notified by USDA Rabies Prevention Will Begin on Monday
• Wildlife Rabies Vaccination Project Protects People and Pets
• Nassau County, NY ORV Program.
• Rabies Vaccine Baiting In Bourne Starts
• Cape Cod (Wareham), MA Fall -ORV Program
• USDA 2016 ORV Program
• Cape Cod (Wareham), MA Spring ORV Program
• Dalton, GA ORV Program (WRCB-TV)
• Dalton, GA ORV Program (WSB)
• Company aims to eliminate rabies with vaccine bait packets
• Cape May County, NJ ORV program
• Anne Arundel Co, MD 2014 ORV Program

Articles:

• Oral Vaccination of Wildlife Using a Vaccinia-rabies-glycoprotein Recombinant Virus Vaccine (RABORAL V-RG): a Global Review
• Review of ORV Strategy using RABORAL V-RG for Mitigating Public Health Risks from Rabies Virus Circulation in U.S. Raccoon Populations
• Control of Raccoon Rabies Using RABORAL V-RG^® from Merial(PDF)
• The Economics of a Successful Raccoon Rabies Elimination Program on Long Island, New York.

Government Links:

• Contact the USDA-WS to see if they have a program in Your state
• State Animal Health Officials(PDF)
• Public Health officials
• State and Federal officials

Rabies Education Websites:

• Outbreak Alert
• Blueprint for Rabies Prevention and Control
• The National Library of Medicine (MedlinePlus)
• World Health Organization(WHO) Rabies Site
• The Center for Disease Control(CDC) Rabies Site

RABORAL V-RG Helpful Materials:

• MSDS sheet for RABORAL V-RG FMP Bait (PDF)
• MSDS sheet for RABORAL V-RG coated sachet (PDF))
• RABORAL V-RG Consumer Brochure (PDF)
• Control of Raccoon Rabies Using RABORAL V-RG (PDF)