Creekmore T E, Linhart S B, Corn J L, Whitney M D, Snyder B D, Nettles V F
Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
J Wildl Dis. 1994 Oct;30(4):497-505. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-30.4.497.
A field study was conducted on Antigua, West Indies, to determine the feasibility of delivering an oral rabies vaccine or population control agent to free-ranging mongooses (Herpestes javanicus). Two biomarkers (tetracycline hydrochloride [THCL] and DuPont Oil Blue A dye) and two bait types (DuPont polymer fish meal and polyurethane foam) were used to bait three study sites. Four hundred polymer baits containing both biomarkers were distributed at 36 central point bait stations (11 baits/station) on an 80 ha study site (5 baits/ha); 69% of the mongoose population consumed one or more baits. Two thousand baits containing THCL and 400 baits containing DuPont dye were distributed on two additional 100 ha study sites (24 baits/ha). Polymer fish meal baits were used on the first site and polyurethane baits on the second site. Based on the presence of biomarkers in bone or soft tissue, 96 to 97% of the mongooses at both sites consumed at least one bait. We conclude that oral baiting of mongooses is a feasible method for delivery of vaccines for the control of rabies in this species.
在西印度群岛的安提瓜岛进行了一项实地研究，以确定向自由放养的食蟹獴（爪哇獴）投喂口服狂犬病疫苗或种群控制剂的可行性。使用了两种生物标志物（盐酸四环素[THCL]和杜邦油蓝A染料）和两种诱饵类型（杜邦聚合物鱼粉和聚氨酯泡沫）对三个研究地点进行诱饵投放。在一个80公顷的研究地点（每公顷5个诱饵）的36个中心点诱饵站（每个站点11个诱饵）分发了400个含有两种生物标志物的聚合物诱饵；69%的食蟹獴种群食用了一个或多个诱饵。在另外两个100公顷的研究地点（每公顷24个诱饵）分别分发了2000个含有THCL的诱饵和400个含有杜邦染料的诱饵。第一个地点使用聚合物鱼粉诱饵，第二个地点使用聚氨酯诱饵。根据骨骼或软组织中生物标志物的存在情况，两个地点96%至97%的食蟹獴至少食用了一个诱饵。我们得出结论，对食蟹獴进行口服诱饵投放是为该物种控制狂犬病投放疫苗的一种可行方法。
