The results of epizootological monitoring of rabies in the Republic of Buryatia during 37 years are given in the study. During 1981-2011 the Republic of Buryatia was the region of the Russian Federation, safe on rabies. In 2011 rabies was registered in three cows in one of set- tlements of Zakamensky area of the Republic of Buryatia. The preliminary diagnosis on rabies was made on the basis of classical clinical signs and further was confirmed with laboratory researches. Phylogenetic analysis of isolates of the virus of rabies carried out at FSBI “Federal Center of Health Protection of Animal”s showed that allocated virus belonged to group, wide- spread in steppe and forest-steppe zones of Eurasia and was ecologically connected mainly with foxes. The virus with this nucleotide sequence of a gene of N (1353 items of N) earlier it was allocated in animals of Mongo- lia. In the next 3 years the virus of rabies extended from the West on the East among wild carnivorous and farmanimals on the valley of river of Dzhid. During the period from 2014 to 2016 the region remained safe on rabies. In 2017-2018 in Mukhorshibirsky area 48 centers, in Zaigrayevsky area - 3, by Tarbagataysk - 2, Zakamensky - 2, Bichursky and Dzhidinsky areas - on 1 center of rabies were registered. From total number of positive tests registered for 2011-2018, more than a half (55 %) was the share of foxes. This fact testifies that this type of family of canids is the main natural res- ervoirs of rabies virus and confirms natural and focal character of this illness. Domestic carnivores (dogs) in epizootic process of the illness occupy 2.5 %. It speci- fies that they do not play a big role as rabies reservoir, and are indicators of the trouble of the territory.
rabies, Buryatia, epizootological monitor- ing, epizootic process
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