Texas has done an excellent job eliminating rabies.
Successful efforts that started in the 90s have now evolved to an innovative approach of distributing a vaccine by airplane every year to wild animals. And stopping rabies in wild dogs and coyotes prevents humans from contracting the deadly virus.
Photo: During the first years of the Texas Oral Rabies Vaccination Program, researchers used small planes to deliver vaccine baits across areas affected by rabies. theconversation.com/airdroppin…
Airdropping vaccines to eliminate canine rabies in Texas – two scientists explain the decades of research behind its success
Two rabies epidemics in animals spurred a state health emergency in Texas and a program that oversees annual mass wildlife vaccination. Millions of doses have been distributed since the ‘90s.The Conversation
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