Table 2.
Rabies testing by species and province/territory in Canada for 2006 – diagnostic submissions
| NT
|
YK
|
NU
|
BC
|
AB
|
SK
|
MB
|
ON
|
QC
|
NB
|
NS
|
PE
|
NL
|
Total
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| Species | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P |
| Bovine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 76 | 12 | 110 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 26 |
| Equine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 7 |
| Ovine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Cat | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 141 | 2 | 686 | 2 | 514 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1533 | 6 |
| Dog | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 139 | 4 | 403 | 0 | 641 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1409 | 13 |
| O. Dom. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| Human | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1329 | 42 | 519 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2150 | 72 |
| Raccoon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 401 | 1 | 219 | 2 a | 97 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 755 | 3a |
| Red fox | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 117 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 167 | 6 |
| Arctic fox | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| Skunk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 50 | 21 | 83 | 39 | 145 | 23 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 433 | 84 |
| O. Wl. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 177 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 315 | 1 |
NT — Northwest Territories; YK — Yukon; NU — Nunavut; BC — British Columbia; AB — Alberta; SK — Saskatchewan; MB — Manitoba; ON — Ontario; QC — Quebec; NB — New Brunswick; NS — Nova Scotia; PE — Prince Edward Island; NL — Newfoundland and Labrador; S — submitted; P — positive; O. Dom — Other domestic animal (including: alpaca, bison, domestic rabbit, domestic rat, donkey, ferret, gerbil, goat, guinea pig, hamster, llama, mule, pig, white mouse); O. Wl — Other wildlife (including: beaver, black bear, chipmunk, coyote, deer, deer mouse, elk, ermine, grizzly bear, groundhog, fisher, mole, hoary marmot, lynx, weasel, marten, muskrat, mountain goat, opossum, otter, polar bear, porcupine, rabbit, shrew, squirrel, vole, wild rat, wolf)
There were 2 additional positive raccoons from the Quebec survey