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Oral vaccine will immunize thousands of raccoons in Northeast Ohio, along state's eastern border
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008
On Friday, federal, state and county health agencies will start spreading baits with oral rabies vaccine to immunize wild raccoons in Northeast Ohio.
A total of 977,525 baits will be distributed by air and by ground over 3,871 square miles in two areas: Northeast Ohio and along Ohio's eastern border.
In Northeast Ohio, areas to be baited are parts of Summit, Portage, Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties.
Rabies is a viral disease that affects mammals, including people. It can be fatal.
Earlier this year, three rabid raccoons and two rabid skunks were found in Lake County.
Summit County communities to get raccoon vaccine from the Summit County Health Department are Twinsburg, Macedonia, Northfield village, Hudson (north of state Route 303), Boston Heights, Peninsula, Reminderville and Boston, Sagamore Hills, Northfield Center and Twinsburg townships. This on-the-ground distribution of the bait will continue through Oct. 3.
In addition, bait will be dropped from a helicopter over the 33,000-acre Cuyahoga Valley National Park and from a plane over Portage County north of the Ohio Turnpike.
Two types of bait will be used. A small plastic sachet, about the size of a ketchup packet, coated in fish meal will be dropped from the air. The ground-distributed vaccine will be inside a hard brown 2-inch-by-2-inch fish-meal block.
A raccoon that eats the vaccine, which is good for one year, will develop antibodies to rabies.
The vaccine is not harmful to people, pets or livestock.
Residents are asked to keep dogs and cats inside or on leashes for several days after the drop.
The Ohio Department of Health offers the following advice:
• Instruct children to leave the bait alone.
• If you find a bait pack, pick it up with a plastic bag, paper towel or rubber gloves. If intact, toss it into a ditch or wooded area. If it is partially eaten or damaged, place the bait in a plastic bag and dispose of it in the trash.
• If the vaccine (a red liquid) gets on your skin, thoroughly wash with soap and water.
For more information, contact the state rabies information line at 888-722-4371.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
On Friday, federal, state and county health agencies will start spreading baits with oral rabies vaccine to immunize wild raccoons in Northeast Ohio.
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