Taking the Bite Out of Rabies : : The Evolution of Rabies Management in Canada / / David John Gregory, Rowland Tinline.

Involved in rabies research for much of their working careers, editors Rowland Tinline and David Gregory explore Canada's unique contributions to rabies management in Taking the Bite out of Rabies. By placing the major players in rabies management from provincial and federal agencies, universit...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (672 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART 1: THE BASICS OF RABIES IN CANADA
  • Overview
  • 1 A Rabies Primer
  • 2 Domestic and Wildlife Rabies Incidence in Canada
  • 3 Human Rabies in Canada
  • PART 2: THE ROLE OF FEDERAL AGENCIES IN RABIES MANAGEMENT
  • Overview
  • 4 The Federal Department of Agriculture
  • 5 Health Canada and Rabies
  • PART 3: A HISTORY OF RABIES MANAGEMENT IN THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
  • Overview
  • 6 British Columbia
  • 7 Alberta
  • 8 Saskatchewan
  • 9 Manitoba
  • 10 Ontario
  • 11 Quebec
  • 12 Maritime Provinces: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick
  • 13 Newfoundland and Labrador
  • 14 Canada's North
  • PART 4: THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS
  • Overview
  • 15 Rabies Vaccines in Canada
  • 16 Regulation of Rabies Vaccines in Canada
  • 17 Oral Vaccine Development in Canada
  • 18 Testing Rabies Vaccines at Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield (formerly the Animal Diseases Research Institute)
  • 19 The Development of Aerial Baiting
  • PART 5: DATA COLLECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS
  • Overview
  • 20 Laboratory Development and Standard Basic Diagnostic Methods for Rabies in Canada
  • 21 Passive Surveillance
  • 22 Collection and Transport of Specimens
  • 23 Genetic Methods for Rabies Diagnosis and Rabies Virus Typing Techniques
  • 24 Ancillary Approaches
  • PART 6: THE ECOLOGY AND EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF WILDLIFE RABIES
  • Overview
  • 25 The Impact of Raccoon Ecology on the Epizootiology of Raccoon Rabies
  • 26 Fox Rabies
  • 27 Bat Rabies in Canada
  • 28 Striped Skunks and Rabies: Ecology and Epizootiology
  • 29 Recent Advances in the Epizootiology of Wildlife Rabies
  • 30 Understanding Host Dynamics: Applications of Molecular Ecology
  • PART 7: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF RABIES IN CANADA
  • Overview
  • 31 Prevention and Management in Domestic Animals
  • 32 Rabies and Practice in Public Health in Ontario
  • 33 Communication Strategies
  • 34 Costs of Rabies Management
  • PART 8: SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
  • Overview
  • 35 Trapper Participation in Rabies Control in Canada
  • 36 First Nations People and Rabies
  • 37 Inuit and Rabies
  • PART 9: CONTRIBUTIONS TO RABIES MANAGEMENT
  • Overview
  • 38 The Role of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wildlife Services in Wildlife Rabies Management
  • 39 Assessing Canada's Contributions to Rabies Management and Control