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=Diagnosis=
=Diagnosis=
*'''Isolate''' and monitor for clinical signs
*In the field:
**Remove brain core sample via straw through occipital foramen in the direction of an eye
**Place contents in a 50% glyerol/PBS for FAT or virus isolation, or in 10% formaldehyde for histology
**Whole head can also be removed and sent to lab
*In the lab:
**'''Fluorescent Antibody Test (FAT)''' on smears or frozen sections of hippocampus or cerebellum should show presence of Negri bodies
***Being replaced by testing for monoclonal antibodies to nucleoprotein
**Histological detection of Negri bodies using Mann's or silver stains
**Intracerebral inoculation of mice followed by FAT testing of brain smears of affected mice
**RT-PCR on brain or saliva can be performed to determine genotype
=Rabies Control=
=Rabies Control=
*Antigenicity allows a single antigenic type to vaccinate
*Antigenicity allows a single antigenic type to vaccinate