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5.1. What do we need to know before we start planning a canine rabies control programme?
You need to know about:
The epidemiology of rabies in your area
The reservoir species in your area
How rabies is transmitted.
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- 5.1.1. The epidemiology of rabies
- 5.1.2. The reservoir species
- 5.1.2.1. Which animal species should be targeted?
- 5.1.2.2. Are there other animals besides dogs that can transmit rabies (e.g. cats, cows, horses, sheep, pigs, goats, wildlife, bats, etc.)?
- 5.1.2.3. Why is it important to know the relationship between man and dog in your country/area?
- 5.1.2.4. What kind of dogs are present in the target area/country?
- 5.1.2.5. What is the total number of dogs in the target area/country?
- 5.1.3. How rabies is transmitted
- 5.1.3.1 How is rabies transmitted?
- 5.1.3.2. What exactly is an exposure to rabies?
- 5.1.3.3. How long is the incubation period after an exposure occurs?
- 5.1.3.4. Can rabies be transmitted through food (i.e. by eating milk or meat)?
- 5.1.3.5. Can rabies be transmitted by feeding street dogs?
- 5.1.3.6. Can rabies be transmitted while butchering animals?
- 5.1.3.7. Can I get rabies from a patient that had rabies if I shared food and water with him/her?
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- 5.1. What do we need to know before we start planning a canine rabies control programme?
- 5.2. What do we need to buy?
- 5.3. Who do we need to train and in what?
- 5.4. What are we going to do – dog component?
- 5.5. What are we going to do – human component?
- 5.6 Evaluation
- 5.7. How do we ensure sustainability of the rabies control programme?
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