"In conjunction with the government of Quebec and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) is involved in a surveillance program designed to detect and monitor the spread of the raccoon rabies virus variant in the province of Quebec. Several rabid raccoons and striped skunks have been detected as a result of this program. Results of this surveillance program have helped to target areas for control measures such as rabies vector density reductions and vaccination programs involving wild raccoons. In addition, public prevention campaigns can be directed toward regions where this zoonosis is most prevalent."