Assessment of the effectiveness of oral immunization of wild carnivorous animals against rabies (2018-2020)

Abstract

Materials and methods of research. Pathological material (brain) was tested in regional laboratories of veterinary medicine by FAT. The presence of the biomarker tetracyclin was determined under a fluorescent microscope. Rabies antibody activity in blood serums were tested by ELISA. in 2018-2020 in Ukraine demonstrated the effectiveness of this measure, but to achieve the desired result, which will interrupt of the epizootic chain by forming of the high rabies population immunity (at least 50%), it is necessary campaigns of oral vaccination of wild carnivores against rabies twice a year - in spring and autumn.