Volume 16, Number 12—December 2010
Research
Reemergence of Rabies in Chhukha District, Bhutan, 2008
Basant Sharma, Navneet K. Dhand, Nilkanta Timsina, Michael P. Ward1
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Table 2
No. rabies cases in animals reported biweekly by subdistrict, Chhukha district, Bhutan, January 23–July 31, 2008
| Weeks | DalaV* |
Bongo† |
Bjaccho‡ |
Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle | Dogs | Cattle | Dogs | Horses | Cattle | Dogs | ||||
| 1−2 | 2 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3−4 | 1 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 1 | ||
| 5−6 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7−8 | 5 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 5 | ||
| 9−10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 00 | 00 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 11−12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 00 | 00 | 1 | 18 | ||
| 13−14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 00 | 00 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 15−16 | 00 | 2 | 00 | 9 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 11 | ||
| 17−18 | 3 | 4 | 00 | 6 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 13 | ||
| 19−20 | 1 | 00 | 00 | 3 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 4 | ||
| 21−22 | 00 | 00 | 2 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 2 | ||
| 23−24 | 00 | 00 | 3 | 1 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 4 | ||
| 25−26 | 00 | 00 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 00 | 00 | 7 | ||
| 27 |
00 |
00 |
00 |
00 |
1 |
00 |
00 |
1 |
||
| Total | 18 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 97 | ||
*Free-roaming dogs were culled during weeks 6–9 (Mar 27–Feb 27) and week 24 (Jul 3–9).
†Free-roaming dogs in Gedu town were culled during weeks 15–20; dogs were impounded during week 17.
‡Dogs in Tshimalakha and Tshimasham towns were impounded during weeks 16 and 17.
1Current affiliation: The University of Sydney, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.
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