Table 2. Description of rabies national veterinary programmes in 12 European Union countries and number of animal cases, 2019 [8].

Country	Doses of vaccines	Vaccine type	Vaccine coverage area (km2)	Number of animal cases in 2019
Bulgaria	2,874,950	Lysvulpen (SAD, Bern, Switzerland)	23 regions: 57,019 km2	0
Estonia	280,600	Rabitec (strain SPBN GASGAS, IDT Biologika GmbH, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany)	Border facing Russia: 6,100 km2	0
Greece	2,980,200	Lysvulpen	Parts of the country:  59,604 km2	0
Finland	Finland: 180,000 Russia: 30,970	Rabitec	South-eastern border facing Russia: 10,000 km2	0
Croatia	2,665,850	Lysvulpen	Whole continental area without Adriatic islands:  53,317 km2	0
Hungary	Hungary: 1,680,000 Ukraine: 510,000	Rabigen SAG2 oral suspension (VIRBAC S.A.,Carros, France)	Hungary: 9 regions bordering Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia and Ukraine:  41,970 km2 Ukraine: 10,200 km2	0
Lithuania	Lithuania: 1,010,000 Belarus: 1,650,000	Lysvulpen	Border facing Russia and Belarus. In Lithuania: 20,400 km2 In Belarus: 33,000 km2	0
Latvia	Latvia: 962,250 Belarus:542,500	In Latvia Lysvulpen (Bioveta A.S., Ivanovice na Hané,Czech Republic); In Belarus Rabivac-O/333 (Pokrov biological plant, Volginsky, Russia)	Border facing Russia and Belarus. In Latvia: 19,245 km2 In Belarus: 10,850 km2	0
Poland	Poland: 6,007,728 Belarus: 604,000 Ukraine: 1,922,500	Lysvulpen; Rabigen SAG2 oral suspension; Rabitec	Poland: 8 regions 100,564 km2 Belarus: 12,080 km2 Ukraine: buffer zone with Poland 50km, 38,450km2	1 (red fox)
Romania	Romania: 10,819,550 Ukraine: 1,134,500 Moldova: 3,720	Romania: Lysvulpen Ukraine: Brovarabies V-RG (Ukrvetprompostach, Brovary, Ukraine) Moldova: Lysvulpen	Romania: whole country, 213,375 km2 Ukraine: 100 km from border: 22,500 km2 Moldova: 50 km from border, 14,560 km2	4 (2 red foxes, 1 wild boar and 1 cow)
Slovakia	632,800	Lysvulpen	Borders facing Hungary, Ukraine and Poland:  12,708 km2	0
Slovenia	760,000	Rabitec	Borders facing Croatia and Hungary:  7,800 km2	0