Manitoba Health

Provincial Rabies Management Program - 2014 Rabies Surveillance Data

Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the central nervous system of mammals, including humans. Once clinical signs appear, rabies is almost always fatal in animals and people. In Manitoba, the animals that most often transmit rabies are skunks, cows and foxes.

In Manitoba, rabies is reportable under the Public Health Act and the Animal Diseases Act and all suspect cases must be reported to Manitoba Health. Federally, rabies is reportable under the Health of Animals Act. All suspect rabies cases are verified in a Canadian Food Inspection Agency rabies laboratory.

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Animal Rabies Cases in Manitoba for April 1, 2014 through to December 31, 2014

Samples Submitted

	Southern Health Santé Sud	Prairie Mountain Health	Interlake Eastern	Northern Health Region	WRHA	FNIH	Total
Number of samples submitted	32	17	28	3	20	6	106
Number of samples that tested positive	9	0	1	0	0	0	10

Positive Rabies Cases by Species

	Southern Health Santé Sud	Prairie Mountain Health	Interlake Eastern	Northern Health Region	WRHA	FNIH	Total
Striped skunk	7		1				8
Bat
Other wildlife
Cat	1						1
Dog
Bovine	1						1
Equine
Other domestic
Total	9		1				10

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