Oral Rabies Vaccination

Oral rabies vaccination (ORV), trap-vaccinate-release and point infection control are an evolving rabies control technologies for use in wildlife. Oral rabies vaccination involves distribution of baits containing orally immunogenic vaccines onto the landscape, thereby targeting wildlife to establish population immunity and prevent spread or eliminate specific rabies variants (Sterner et al., 2009). Parenteral vaccination (trap-vaccinate-release) of wildlife rabies reservoirs may be integrated into coordinated ORV programs to enhance their effectiveness (Hanlon et al., 1999).