Raiva experimental em caprinos inoculados com amostra de vírus isolado de morcego insetívoro (Molossus molossus).

Abstract

Rabies is one infirmity caused by the neurotropic virus of the Rhabdoviridae family and Lyssavirus genus. All the mammals, included man, are susceptibles. It is one of the ost important infectious diseases in Brazil and in the world, because it causes the death of 842,688 cattle a year, and also due to its Public Health importance. This paper reviews the epidemiologic aspects of the disease in Brazil, and its clinical signs and pathology in cattle, sheep, and goats, giving emphasis on the bats in the rabies transmission chain.