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The questionnaire\nwas designed to determine rehabilitators' recent\nexperiences with RVS, attitudes toward regulations,\nand knowledge of rabies virus transmission. Results\nwere analyzed by use of the \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> test.<\/jats:p>\n\t\t\t\t<jats:p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>\u2014Questionnaire responses were provided by\n210 of the 672 (31.3%) wildlife rehabilitators. Among\nrehabilitators, there were some inconsistencies in their\nknowledge base regarding rabies (eg, 25% reported\nthat they did not know at what age animals were capable\nof transmitting rabies virus). Most respondents\nwere amenable to all proposed licensing prerequisites\nfor handling RVS (ie, record keeping, additional training,\nand veterinarian support). Respondents reported &gt; 580\ncalls annually about rehabilitating RVS, and 80%\nbelieved at least some of their peers were rehabilitating\nRVS illegally.<\/jats:p>\n\t\t\t\t<jats:p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<jats:bold>Conclusions and Clinical Relevance<\/jats:bold>\u2014With the\nestablishment of rabies as a disease that is endemic\namong wildlife species in North Carolina, educational\nefforts directed at wildlife rehabilitators (a subpopulation\nof residents potentially at high risk of rabies virus\ninfection) would have direct and indirect public health\nbenefits; similar efforts may be useful to public\nhealth communities elsewhere in the United States.\n(<jats:italic>J Am Vet Med Assoc<\/jats:italic> 2005;227:1568\u20131572)<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.2005.227.1568","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,12,21]],"date-time":"2005-12-21T15:31:34Z","timestamp":1135179094000},"page":"1568-1572","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Survey of wildlife rehabilitators regarding rabies vector species"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"227","author":[{"given":"Robert L.","family":"Schopler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aron J.","family":"Hall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Cowen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"key":"p_1_15","first-page":"307","author":"Beran GW","year":"1994","journal-title":"Fla: CRC Press Inc"},{"key":"p_2_16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"680","DOI":"10.1093\/infdis\/123.6.680","volume":"123","author":"McLean RG","year":"1971","journal-title":"J Infect Dis"},{"key":"p_3_17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S620","DOI":"10.1093\/clinids\/10.Supplement_4.S620","volume":"10","author":"Jenkins SR","year":"1988","journal-title":"Rev Infect Dis"},{"unstructured":"Rabies in North Carolina. 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