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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service — works to limit the spread of rabies nationwide as part of its mission to minimize wildlife damage to agricultural, urban, and natural resources.
Pennsylvania participates in the oral raccoon rabies vaccination program (ORV). Baiting occurs in the western part of the state. For more information, please see the following documents.
29 Απρ 2024 · The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture considers rabies to be widespread throughout the state. Rabies is considered a public health danger because it is almost 100% fatal when untreated (Commonwealth of PA).
Criteria for Raccoons in the United States Four basic types of traps were tested for raccoons: jaw-type foothold restraining traps, enclosed foothold restraining traps, bodygrip traps, and cage traps (Table RA2).
They den for the winter in tree cavities, rock crevices, and brush piles. However, in developed areas they also will den in attics, chimneys, sheds, buildings, decks, and crawl spaces where they can threaten the health and safety of people and pets. Raccoons carry rabies and raccoon roundworm.
15 Αυγ 2023 · U.S. Department of Agriculture biologists examine a raccoon, looking for rabies. Over the years, public health officials have tracked a western migration of raccoon rabies within Pennsylvania, but numbers have declined throughout the state in recent years.
Despite the dramatic reduction of rabies cases in humans and domestic animals over the last three decades, rabies prevention remains a major public health concern in Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth, in recent years, has confirmed many rabid raccoons, among other wild animals, that have endangered humans and domestic animals both.
