Safety tests with Flury HEP strain 675 in wild-living European mammals

For the evaluation of residual pathogenicity of Flury HEP strain 675, the vaccinal virus was orally administered to 207 animals belonging to 15 wild-living and 1 domestic species. Rabies virus antigen could be demonstrated by FA method in 20 animals. Reisolation of the virus was possible from 23 animals within the first two weeks after application, the titres being very low. During the observation period of 100 days no symptoms of rabies could be observed in the animals tested.