Research Article, J Vet Sci Med Diagn Vol: 5 Issue: 6
Utility of Skin Biopsy Sample for Rabies Diagnosis in Dogs
| Gowri Yale1*, Reeta Subramaniam Mani2, Patchimuthu I. Ganesan1, Shampur Narayan Madhusudana2, Anita Mahadevan3, Susarla K. Shankar3, Mangalanathan Vijayabharathi1, Sampada Sudarshan2 and Shaheen Taj2 | |
| 1Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai – 600 007, India | |
| 2Department of Neurovirology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore – 560 029, India | |
| 3Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore – 560 029, India | |
| Corresponding author : Gowri Yale
PhD Scholar, Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai – 600 007, India E-mail: drgowriyale@gmail.com |
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| Received: August 29, 2016 Accepted: September 30, 2016 Published: October 06, 2016 | |
| Citation: Yale G, Mani RS, Ganesan PI, Madhusudana SN, Mahadevan A, et al. (2016) Utility of Skin Biopsy Sample for Rabies Diagnosis in Dogs. J Vet Sci Med Diagn 5:6. doi: 10.4172/2325-9590.1000213 |
Abstract
Utility of Skin Biopsy Sample for Rabies Diagnosis in Dogs
Background: Rabies is endemic to India and is the most feared disease of all times. Dogs are the main vectors of rabies in India contributing to more than 90% of human rabies cases. Presently, confirmatory diagnosis of rabies in dogs is done by fluorescent antibody test (FAT) on brain tissue from a dead dog. However, obtaining brain tissue by necropsy poses several hazards and hence there is a need to evaluate alternative methods for diagnosis of canine rabies. The present study evaluated the utility of nuchal skin biopsy sample for the detection of rabies in dogs.
