Tras 15 años de vacunación oral, la República Checa libre de rabia

Matouch, O; Vitasek, J.; Semerad, Zbynek; Malena, M.

doi:10.20506/rst.26.3.1762

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“…The red fox is not protected by law and can be hunted throughout the year without any restrictions in the Czech Republic (Regulation MZe ČR 245/2002 Sb). After eradication of rabies in the mid-2000s (Matouch et al 2006, 2007), hunting represents the only means of regulating fox populations; however, this need not necessarily lead to lower population densities because foxes are reported to respond to hunting pressure by increasing their reproduction rate (Lozano et al 2013). …”

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Carnivore distribution across habitats in a central-European landscape: a camera trap study

Pyšková¹,

Kauzál²,

Storch³

et al. 2018

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Quantitative data on local variation in patterns of occurrence of common carnivore species, such as the red fox, European badger, or martens in central Europe are largely missing. We conducted a study focusing on carnivore ecology and distribution in a cultural landscape with the use of modern technology. We placed 73 automated infra-red camera traps into four different habitats differing in water availability and canopy cover (mixed forest, wetland, shrubby grassland and floodplain forest) in the Polabí region near Prague, Czech Republic. Each habitat was represented by three or four spatially isolated sites within which the camera traps were distributed. During the year of the study, we recorded nine carnivore species, including the non-native golden jackal. Habitats with the highest numbers of records pooled across all species were wetland (1279) and shrubby grassland (1014); fewer records were made in mixed (876) and floodplain forest (734). Habitat had a significant effect on the number of records of badger and marten, and a marginally significant effect on fox. In terms of seasonal dynamics, there were significant differences in the distribution of records among seasons in fox, marginally significant in least weasel, and the occurrence among seasons did not differ for badger and marten. In the summer, fox and marten were more active than expected by chance during the day, while the pattern was opposite in winter when they were more active during the night. Our findings on habitat preferences and circadian and seasonal activity provided the first quantitative data on patterns whose existence was assumed on the basis of conventional wisdom. Our study demonstrates the potential of a long-term monitoring approach based on infra-red camera traps. Generally, the rather frequent occurrence of recorded species indicates that most carnivore species are thriving in current central-European landscapes characterized by human-driven disturbances and urbanization.

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Carnivore distribution across habitats in a central-European landscape: a camera trap study

Pyšková¹,

Kauzál²,

Storch³

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“…No records from the years 1940-1947 were preserved, as the Institute for rabies diagnostics was seriously damaged during the war. After the war, the incidence of rabies increased, most cases were diagnosed in winter, from January to April and the lowest incidence was in July to September, the incidence of rabies was bound to the borderline and nearby regions in Moravia and Slovakia (Matouch et al, 2007).…”

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“…Most cases of rabies have been reported in domestic carnivores and livestock in villages and small towns. Data on the occur-rence of rabies in Slovakia at that time are incomplete, but we can assume that the epidemiological situation in rabies was the same as in Central Europe (Matouch et al, 1998).…”

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Historical analysis of epizootiological situation of rabies on the territory of the Slovak Republic

Ondrejková¹,

Svrcek²,

Ondrejka³

et al. 2020

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Currently, Slovakia is a rabies-free country, but the epizootiological situation of rabies was not always favorable. The main reservoir species of rabies virus in the first half of the last century was the domestic dog. Since 1906, hundreds of cases were reported, of which approximately 90% were infected dogs. The disease had a typical urban character. Since 1929, the number of rabid domestic animals decreased due to the implementation of dog vaccination campaigns in particular parts of Slovakia. From the second half of 1950s, red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) have become an important reservoir of the RABV. In this time period urban rabies in Slovakia changed into sylvatic form. One effective method of prevention and control of wildlife rabies is an oral rabies vaccination of red foxes. It is carried out in Slovakia since 1993. A detailed development of the rabies epizootiological situation on the territory of the Slovak Republic until the application of oral antirabies immunisation of foxes and the current situation after its performance is the main object of this review.

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“…In 1996, after considerable efforts, Switzerland became the first rabies-free country in Europe [9–11]. The Swiss example was followed in 2001 by Belgium, France and Luxembourg [8, 12], then other central, western and northern European countries [13–19].…”

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Detection of rabies antibodies in wild boars in north-east Romania by a rabies ELISA test

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BackgroundIn the last few decades, Romania has been considered one of the European countries most affected by animal rabies, but a combination of oral rabies vaccination (ORV) campaigns in foxes alongside mandatory vaccination of pets has substantially decreased the number of rabies cases in recent years.The objective of this study was to detect rabies antibodies in wild boar serum and thoracic fluid samples collected during the hunting season after ORV campaigns in north-eastern Romania in order to identify if wild boars are substantial competitors to foxes for ORV baits.ResultsWhen the 312 wild boar samples were tested by ELISA (BioPro ELISA, Czech Republic), 42.31% (132/312) demonstrated rabies antibodies. In order to compare these wild boar results in terms of the percentage of immunisation, fox samples were also included in the study, and in this case only 28.40% (98/345) demonstrated rabies antibodies by ELISA. To check the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of this ELISA, those samples with a sufficient volume from both species that had tested either negative or positive with an initial ELISA were then tested with the Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralisation (FAVN) assay. The overall concordance between the BioPro ELISA and FAVN test was 74.26% (75/101) in wild boar samples and 65.66% (65/99) in fox samples, 140 out of 200 samples being correlated with the two methods, although no significant statistical difference (p = 0.218) between the two species was registered. We found a good agreement by both tests for the ELISA-positive samples (91.30%), however the situation was different for the ELISA-negative samples, where a low agreement was demonstrated (41.18%).ConclusionsThis study reports for the first time the presence of rabies antibodies in wild boar samples collected during the hunting season in Romania after ORV campaigns in rabies endemic areas. It is also the first study to demonstrate that ELISA BioPro can be used on wild boar samples with satisfactory results compared to the FAVN test for this species.

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Tras 15 años de vacunación oral, la República Checa libre de rabia

Cited by 16 publications

References 3 publications

Carnivore distribution across habitats in a central-European landscape: a camera trap study

Carnivore distribution across habitats in a central-European landscape: a camera trap study

Historical analysis of epizootiological situation of rabies on the territory of the Slovak Republic

Detection of rabies antibodies in wild boars in north-east Romania by a rabies ELISA test

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