Planes, helicopters dropping bait packets with rabies vaccine for raccoons across Alabama

Planes, helicopters dropping bait packets with rabies vaccine for raccoons across Alabama

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is distributing bait packets containing an oral rabies vaccine across 14 central and north Alabama counites to try to reduce rabies in raccoons and the related public health risks.The Alabama Department of Public Health announced that the USDA Wildlife Services is using low-flying planes and helicopters to drop coated sachet baits with the RABORAL V-RG® vaccine over a zone of about 14,000 square kilometers.

Rabies vaccines to be distributed across 14 Alabama counties, some in our area

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