5.1.2.1. Which animal species should be targeted?

Sections

• ELIMINATE CANINE RABIES
  • Introduction
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Infrastructure, legislative framework, costs and funding
  • Communications plan
  • Operational activities
    • 5.1. What do we need to know before we start planning a canine rabies control programme?
      • 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
    • 5.2. 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?
  • The Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination: a tool for planning and evaluation
• CASE STUDIES AND DOCUMENTS
• CONTRIBUTORS