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  • then_three_more@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Rabies in animals in the UK

    In the UK, rabies has been eliminated from terrestrial animal populations. The last rabid terrestrial animal in the UK was a puppy in quarantine which had been imported from Sri Lanka and found to be rabid in 2008.

    Rabies affects bats as well as terrestrial animals, and rabies-like viruses have been found in bats in the UK. These viruses are known as European Bat Lyssaviruses (EBLVs), types 1 and 2. They very rarely cross the species barrier from bats to humans and are different from the ‘classical’ rabies virus found in dogs and other animals. These viruses do however cause clinical rabies in humans.

    The presence of EBLV does not alter the status of the UK as rabies-free.

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rabies-epidemiology-transmission-and-prevention

    Plenty of other stuff she’ll catch off it though.