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:

• Texas ORV Program
• Cities spread vaccination bait as part of annual program
• Falling from the sky: State Health Services Airdropping Rabies Vaccine Bait for Wildlife Along Border
• Falling from the sky: Air drop annihilates deadly virus in Tennessee
• Wildlife rabies vaccination project protects people and pets
• Biologists to begin distributing oral rabies vaccine baits for wildlife Wednesday
• Oral Rabies Vaccination Bait Drops Occurring in Walker County
• Vaccine-laden Baits Prevent the Spread of Wildlife Rabies in Cape May County
• Cape Cod Rabies Task Force Oral Rabies Vaccine Distribution Continues
• USDA Begins 2019 Oral Rabies Vaccine Efforts in Eastern United States
• Miami-Dade County - Wildlife Vaccination Effort
• Rabies Vaccination Baits to be Distributed to Prevent Cape Cod Outbreak
• Cape May County to distribute vaccine "baits" to stop spread of rabies
• Raccoon Oral Rabies Vaccination Project-Anne Arundel County, MD
• Rabies vaccine to be dropped in TN Valley in September and October (WRCB-TV)
• Annual Raccoon Rabies Vaccination Baiting Project
• USDA distributed oral rabies vaccine in Aroostook County for wildlife
• USDA Begins 2018 Oral Rabies Vaccine Efforts in Eastern United States
• Wildlife Services dropping rabies vaccines across region
• Cape Cod Rabies Vaccination Baiting to begin This Month
• Cape Oral Rabies Vaccine Distribution Starts Next Week
• Rabies Bait Distribution to Begin This Week on Cape Cod
• 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
• 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
• HCSO Notified by USDA Rabies Prevention Will Begin on Monday
• Nassau County, NY ORV Program.
• Rabies Vaccine Baiting In Bourne Starts
• Rabies vaccine to be distributed in Wareham starting Sept. 19.
• USDA 2016 ORV Program
• Federal program has rabies on the run in Wareham
• Dalton, GA ORV Program (WRCB-TV)
• Dalton, GA ORV Program (WSB)
• Company aims to eliminate rabies with vaccine bait packets
• 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 Wildlife Rabies Using RABORAL V-RG (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
• Texas DSHS ORV Program
• USDA-APHIS-WS National Rabies Management Program

Rabies Education Websites:

• Rabies Laws & Vaccination in the U.S.
• 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:

• SDS sheet for RABORAL V-RG FMP Bait (PDF)
• SDS sheet for RABORAL V-RG coated sachet (PDF)
• Control of Wildlife Rabies Using RABORAL V-RG (PDF)