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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is airdropping oral rabies vaccines in six states in October in a bid to stop the spread of the potentially deadly virus.
Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia be the recipients of the airdropped vaccines in October, according to a statement from the agency. The USDA did not provide a starting date for the process.
One project will cover areas in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and a small area in West Virginia to distribute 634,000 oral rabies vaccine baits via vehicles, airplanes, and helicopters, the USDA said. Another 410,000 of the baits will be distributed in western North Carolina and northern Georgia; 690,000 baits will be dropped in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee; and 718,000 baits will be distributed in parts of northeast and central Alabama
Several other states, including parts of Pennsylvania, Maine, western New York, and Ohio started receiving the vaccines in August, said the USDA. Parts of Massachusetts started receiving vaccines in September.
Areas in several other states, including portions of Maine, western New York, Ohio, western Pennsylvania and other areas of West Virginia began receiving the vaccines in August.
“Wildlife rabies poses significant risks to domestic animals, such as livestock and pets,” Dr. Michael Watson, a USDA official involved in the program, said in a statement in August. “By reducing rabies in wildlife populations, we are safeguarding both human and animal health and decreasing the risk of disease spread, which would jeopardize the success [Animal and Plant Health Instpection Service] APHIS has achieved since 1995 in managing rabies.”
Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia be the recipients of the airdropped vaccines in October, according to a statement from the agency. The USDA did not provide a starting date for the process.
One project will cover areas in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and a small area in West Virginia to distribute 634,000 oral rabies vaccine baits via vehicles, airplanes, and helicopters, the USDA said. Another 410,000 of the baits will be distributed in western North Carolina and northern Georgia; 690,000 baits will be dropped in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee; and 718,000 baits will be distributed in parts of northeast and central Alabama
Several other states, including parts of Pennsylvania, Maine, western New York, and Ohio started receiving the vaccines in August, said the USDA. Parts of Massachusetts started receiving vaccines in September.
Areas in several other states, including portions of Maine, western New York, Ohio, western Pennsylvania and other areas of West Virginia began receiving the vaccines in August.
“Wildlife rabies poses significant risks to domestic animals, such as livestock and pets,” Dr. Michael Watson, a USDA official involved in the program, said in a statement in August. “By reducing rabies in wildlife populations, we are safeguarding both human and animal health and decreasing the risk of disease spread, which would jeopardize the success [Animal and Plant Health Instpection Service] APHIS has achieved since 1995 in managing rabies.”