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emailPositive Rabies in Canada
Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the central nervous system of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Once symptoms appear, rabies is always fatal in animals and people. In Canada the animals that most often transmit rabies are foxes, skunks, bats, and raccoons.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2009
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6.21 |
| Cats | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2.07 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5.52 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Caprine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2.07 |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 15 | 24 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 49 | 33.79 |
| Bats | - | - | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | 55 | 37.93 |
| Foxes | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 8.96 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wolves | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3.45 |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badger | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antelope | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Woodchuck / Ground Hogs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fisher | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bison | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 12 | - | 9 | 2 | 24 | 32 | 49 | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | 145 | 100.00 |
* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario
Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute,
Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2008
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 5.11 |
| Cats | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1.27 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 5.11 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1.70 |
| Caprine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 25 | 43 | 25 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 99 | 42.13 |
| Bats | - | - | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 61 | 25.96 |
| Foxes | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 6.38 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | 27 | 11.49 |
| Wolves | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.85 |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badger | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antelope | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Woodchuck / Ground Hogs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fisher | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bison | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 18 | - | 14 | 1 | 33 | 50 | 79 | 40 | - | - | - | - | 235 | 100.00 |
* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario
Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute,
Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2007
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. A) |
Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2.56 |
| Cats | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1.10 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 5.49 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.73 |
| Caprine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.37 |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 12 | 30 | 30 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 78 | 28.57 |
| Bats | - | - | 14 | - | - | 1 | 62 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | 93 | 34.07 |
| Foxes | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 13 | 4.76 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 58 | - | - | - | - | 59 | 21.61 |
| Wolves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hamster | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.37 |
| Donkey | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.37 |
| Woodchuck / Ground Hogs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fisher | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bison | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 12 | - | 15 | - | 17 | 39 | 106 | 81 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 273 | 100.00 |
* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward
Island and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario
Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute,
Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.
A) A 73-year-old man from central Alberta died in hospital in May after testing positive for rabies in March 2007 as a result of a bat bite in August 2006. The last human death from rabies in Canada occurred in a 52-year-old man in British Columbia in 2003.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2006
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S.. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 5.68 |
| Cats | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2.62 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 11.35 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3.06 |
| Caprine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.44 |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 21 | 39 | 23 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 84 | 36.68 |
| Bats | - | - | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 72 | 31.44 |
| Foxes | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 6.11 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2.18 |
| Wolves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hamster | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antelope | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Woodchuck / Ground Hogs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fisher | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.44 |
| Bison | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 18 | - | 11 | 5 | 33 | 65 | 82 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 229 | 100.00 |
* No cases of rabies reported from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario
Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute,
Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2005
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S.. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 4.84 |
| Cats | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1.61 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 6.45 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.81 |
| Caprine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 18 | 59 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 94 | 37.90 |
| Bats | - | - | 18 | 1 | 1 | - | 61 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | 94 | 37.90 |
| Foxes | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 18 | 7.26 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1.21 |
| Wolves | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1.61 |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hamster | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bears | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.41 |
| Woodchuck / Ground Hogs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fisher | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bison | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 10 | - | 18 | 1 | 24 | 73 | 96 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 248 | 100.00 |
* No cases of rabies reported from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the
Yukon Territory.
* The rabies positive cases identified in Newfoundland and Labrador originated
in Labrador.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario
Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute,
Lethbridge, Alberta.
* No clinical cases.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2004
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 2.68 |
| Cats | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0.77 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 20A) | - | - | - | - | - | 22A) | 8.43 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 2.30 |
| Caprine | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.77 |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Porcine | - | - | - | - | - | 1B) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1B) | 0.38 |
| Skunks | - | - | 4 | - | 19 | 68 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | 116 | 44.44 |
| Bats | - | - | 13 | 3 | 3 | - | 56 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 83 | 31.80 |
| Foxes | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 5.36 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1.92 |
| Wolves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1.15 |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hamster | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antelopes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Woodchuck / Ground Hogs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fisher | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bison | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 4 | - | 17 | 3 | 25 | 78 | 114A) | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 261A) | 100.00 |
* No cases of rabies reported from Nova Scotia, North West Territories and
the Yukon Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario
Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute,
Lethbridge, Alberta.
A) Includes 7 clinical bovine cases.
B) Pot-Belly Pig
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2003
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1.51 |
| Cats | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 1.89 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6A) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11A) | 4.15 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.75 |
| Caprine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.38 |
| Porcine | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.38 |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1.51 |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 18 | 36 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | 76 | 28.68 |
| Bats | - | - | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 74 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | 115 | 43.39 |
| Foxes | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | 15 | 28 | 10.56 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 6.04 |
| Wolves | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.38 |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hamster | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antelopes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Woodchuck / Ground Hogs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fisher | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bison | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bears | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.38 |
| Total | - | - | 17 | 4 | 24 | 50 | 127A) | 22 | 1 | 1 | - | 19 | 265A) | 100.00 |
* No cases of rabies reported from Prince Edward Island, North West
Territories, NU. and the Yukon
Territory.
* Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario
Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute,
Lethbridge, Alberta.
A) Includes 1 clinical bovine case.
B) A 52-year-old man from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia died of rabies. Test
results showed that this was a bat variant of rabies virus. The last human
death from rabies in Canada occurred in a 9-year-old boy in Quebec in 2000.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2002
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2.29 |
| Cats | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2.58 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 11A) | - | - | - | - | - | 18A) | 5.16 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1.15 |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.29 |
| Porcine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.29 |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 20 | 35 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | 101 | 28.94 |
| Bats | - | - | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 73 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 112 | 32.09 |
| Foxes | 14 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 41 | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | 65 | 18.62 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 26 | 7.45 |
| Wolves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.28 |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.57 |
| Grizzly bear | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.29 |
| Total | 18 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 48 | 208A) | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 349A) | 100.00 |
A) Includes 6 clinical bovine cases.
* No cases of rabies reported from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and
Yukon Territory.
**Two rabies positive cases identified in Newfoundland (Island) and two
originated from Labrador.
Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2001
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | 3.60 |
| Cats | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0.90 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 15A) | - | - | - | - | - | 26A) | 5.84 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2.25 |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.45 |
| Foxes | 20 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | 9 | - | - | - | 7 | 63 | 14.16 |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 26 | 37 | 58 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 125 | 28.09 |
| Bats | - | - | 20 | 3 | 13 | - | 58 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 103 | 23.15 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | - | 46 | - | - | - | 89 | 20.00 |
| Wolves | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0.67 |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.23 |
| Fisher | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.22 |
| Bison | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.22 |
| Lynx | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.22 |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 46 | 53 | 217A) | 19 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 445A) | 100.00 |
A) Includes 4 clinical bovine cases.
* No cases of rabies reported from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and
Yukon Territory.
** All rabied positive case identified in Newfoundland and Labrador originated
from Labrador.
Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 2000
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 3.43 |
| Cats | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1.19 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | 7 | 19 | 17A) | - | - | - | - | - | 43A) | 6.42 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1.19 |
| Caprine | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.30 |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 142 | 199 | 58 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 404 | 60.30 |
| Bats | - | - | 12 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 72 | 10.75 |
| Foxes | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 8.66 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 40 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 47 | 7.01 |
| Wolves | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0.45 |
| Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.15 |
| Woodchuck/ Ground hogs |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.15 |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 171 | 237 | 194A) | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 670A) | 100.00 |
A) Includes 7 clinical bovine cases.
B) A nine-year-old boy died of rabies in Quebec in October. Last human death
from rabies in Canada occurred in B.C. in 1985.
* No cases reported from Prince Edward Island and Yukon Territory.
** The rabied positive case identified in Newfoundland and Labrador originated
from Labrador.
Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 1999
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2.20 |
| Cats | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0.80 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | 8 | 19 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 7.80 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1.00 |
| Ovine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.40 |
| Foxes | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 4.80 |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 118 | 190 | 46 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 355 | 71.00 |
| Bats | - | - | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 42 | 8.40 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 2.60 |
| Wolves | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.40 |
| Woodchuck/ Ground hogs |
- | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.40 |
| Bison | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.20 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 137 | 230 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 100.00 |
* No cases of rabies reported from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Yukon Territory.
Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
Positive Rabies in
Canada
(Lab Submissions and Clinicals)
January 1 to December 31, 1998
| Species | N. W. T. / NU. | Yukon | B.C. | Alb. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | QC. | N.B. | N.S. | P.E.I. | N.L. | Total | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2.96 |
| Cats | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2.15 |
| Bovine | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | 10A) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 29A) | 7.79 |
| Equine | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0.81 |
| Foxes | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 7.53 |
| Skunks | - | - | - | - | 61 | 138 | 33 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 233 | 62.63 |
| Bats | - | - | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 56 | 15.05 |
| Raccoons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.27 |
| Hamster | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.27 |
| Antelope | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.27 |
| Fisher | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.27 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 76 | 172 | 81A) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 372A) | 100.00 |
A) Includes 2 clinical bovine cases.
* No cases of rabies reported from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Yukon Territory.
Diagnostic work was done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Ontario Laboratory - Fallowfield, Ottawa and Animal Disease Research Institute, Lethbridge, Alberta.
