DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202004002
UDC 619: 616.98; 578.824.11
Authors
S. L. Nesterchuk
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of Zoology,
Ecology and Nature Protection named after A.G. Bannikov,
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine
and Biotechnology – MVA by K. I. Skryabin,
Moscow, Russian Federation
E. A. Makarova
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of Zoology,
Ecology and Nature Protection named after A.G. Bannikov,
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine
and Biotechnology – MVA by K. I. Skryabin,
Moscow, Russian Federation
V. A. Ostapenko
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Zoology,
Ecology and Nature Protection named after A.G. Bannikov,
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine
and Biotechnology – MVA by K. I. Skryabin,
Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract
The Rabies – a viral disease characterized by severe damage of the nervous system. The analysis of data from the Rospotrebnadzor for 2015 years (from 2018 to 1) on the varmint of animals with rabies in four regions of the Central Federal District with different population densities is carried out. The main carriers of rabies virus in the region are the red fox, raccoon dog, stray dogs and cats; the role of other species is not so significant and rarely exceeds XNUMX% of the total number of animals with suspected rabies. It has been established that in areas with a low population (Tver region) the role of a raccoon dog in rabies transfer can be even more significant than red foxes. To reduce the incidence of human rabies, constant monitoring and regulation of the numbers of foxes and raccoon dogs in the wild, as well as stray dogs and cats, is highly required. Consequently, we consider the current tendency to remove stray dogs from their habitats, their sterilization and return to urbocenosis insufficient; sterilized dogs will remain a source of rabies in populated locations.
Keywords
Rabies virus, red fox, raccoon dog, stray dogs and cats.
