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Tables and Charts: Rabies Testing Results

Table 1.  Total number of rabies positive cases by species in Michigan in 2007.

Species # positive
Bat 199
Skunk 5
Red fox 2
Horse 1
Cat 2
Dog 1
All species total 210

 

Table 2.  Total number of rabies positive cases by species in Michigan in 2006.

Species # positive
Big brown bat 36
Little brown bat 2
Hoary bat 1
Skunk 3
Red fox 1
Cow 1
Horse 4
Cat 1
All species total 49

Table 3.  Total number of Rabies positive cases by species in Michigan in 2005.  

Species # positive
Big brown bat 27
Red bat 1
Skunk 7
Red fox 1
Sheep 1
Cat 4
All species total 41

Table 4.  Total number of Rabies positive cases by species in Michigan in 2004.  

Species # positive
Big brown bat 36
Skunk 3
Red fox 1
Domestic dog 1
All species total 41

Table 5.  Total number of Bats tested for Rabies in Michigan and numbers positive from 1992 to 2006.

Year Number tested Number Positive Comments
1992   10  
1993   16  
1994   13  
1995   43  
1996 287 29  
1997 473 28  
1998 481 33  
1999 808 67  
2000 1137 60  
2001 992 41  
2002 982 43  
2003 877 49  
2004 547 36  
2005   28  
2006 * 23 ongoing
Total   520  
  *as of 08/09/06  
Table 6.  Total Number of Specimens Tested for Rabies, Numbers Positive, in 2006, compared to 2005, weekly.  All species submitted are included.

Week of

#Spec.  2006

Tot.exam 2006

#Pos

#Spec.  2005

Tot.exam 2005

#Pos.

Jan.1-7

32

32

0

57

48

0

Jan.8-14

23

53

0

25

73

0

Jan.15-21

15

68

1

30

103

0

Jan.22-28

24

92

0

26

129

0

Jan.29-Feb.4

33

127

0

19

158

1

Feb.5-11

22

150

1

32

190

0

Feb.12-18

24

174

0

33

224

1

Feb.19-25

25

199

0

26

250

0

Feb.26-Mar.4

31

235

0

26

278

0

Mar.5-11

38

273

0

31

309

0

Mar.12-18

35

308

0

38

348

0

Mar.19-25

46

355

0

26

376

0

Mar.26-Apr.1

46

401

0

45

422

1

Apr.2-8

43

447

0

38

460

1

Apr.9-15

28

475

0

35

497

1

Apr.16-22

35

507

4

35

532

1

Apr.23-29

33

540

3

20

556

0

Apr.30--May6

31

572

1

34

590

0

May7-13

37

615

3

33

624

1

May14-20

37

655

2

46

672

1

May21-27

48

705

0

41

716

0

May28-Jun3

83

787

2

52

768

0

Jun4-10

76

865

1

89

866

1

Jun11-17

54

925

2

53

920

0

Jun18-24

62

989

3

44

965

0

Jun25-Jul1

73

1063

0

76

1045

2

Jul2-8

59

1126

0

42

1090

0

Jul9-15

73

1200

1

63

1155

1

Jul16-22

74

1274

2

53

1207

0

Jul23-29

82

1368

0

95

1308

3

Jul30-Aug5

137

1508

3

97

1400

4

Aug6-12

115

1623

5

123

1527

1

Aug13-19

98

1723

2

142

1679

1

Aug20-26

190

1916

1

80

1763

3

Aug27-Sep2

191

2106

2

91

1854

2

Sep3-9

67

2177

0

55

1909

2

Sep10-16

57

2241

0

48

1958