Volume: 40 Issue: 2
Year: 2009, Page: 40-41, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2009.40.40-41
Received: May 23, 2009 Accepted: July 18, 2009 Published: Dec. 31, 2009
Five hundred dogs, belonging to various categories viz., healthy (vaccinated and non-vaccinated), sick (vaccinated and non-vaccinated) and stray, were screened for the possible excretion of rabies virus in an enzootic area in Thrissur, Kerala. These dogs were screened by detecting rabies viral antigen in salivary smears and corneal impression smears using direct fluorescent antibody test. The study revealed no non fatal, chronic or abortive rabies infections in dogs. No dogs could be detected with persistent rabies viral excretion without succumbing to rabies.
Keywords: Rabies virus excretion, dogs, screening