HC Deb 06 June 1962 vol 661 cc67-9W
69. Sir Richard Glyn

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many varieties of mammals are capable of developing rabies and of infecting other mammals; which are these mammals; and which of these varieties are at present subject to quarantine restrictions on entering the United Kingdom.

Mr. Vane

All mammals are susceptible to rabies and are capable of developing the disease if infected, but since the disease is usually transmitted by biting it is only likely to be passed on by animals which defend themselves or attack other animals in this way. The canine and feline species are the usual transmitters.

In domestic animals the disease is most likely to occur in dogs and cats but it has been found in horses and cattle. In wild life it has been recorded in many animals including foxes, badgers, skunks, mongooses, raccoons and bats. These animals can infect other mammals, which accounts for the fact that the disease has been recorded in many different kinds of animals in some parts of the world. Over 100 different kinds of animals are subject to quarantine. These are listed in the following table:

African tiger-cat. Fennec fox.
American red fox. Fettered cat.
American tiger-cat. Fishing cat.
Antarctic fox. Fox.
Antarctic wolf. Geoffroy's cat
Arctic fox. Golden cat.
Ashy-jackal. Golden jackal.
Argentine grey fox. Grey fox.
Argentine wood-cat. Guepard.
Azara's fox. Hensel's cat.
Bay lynx. Hoary fox.
Bengal fox. Hunting leopard.
Black-backed jackal. Hyena.
Black-footed cat. Indian desert fox.
Black fox. Indian Leopard-cat
Bob-cat. Indian wild dog.
Brown hyena. Indian wolf.
Bush dog. Jackal.
Caffer cat. Jaguar.
Canadian lynx. Jaguarondi cat.
Cape hunting-dog. Jungle cat.
Caracal lynx. Kit fox.
Cat (domestic). Kolson.
Cheetah. Leopard.
Chita. Libyan cat
Clouded leopard. Lion.
Clouded tiger. Long eared fox.
Colpeo fox. Long-legged jackal.
Cougar. Lynx.
Coyote. Malay wild dog.
Crab-eating fox. Maned wolf.
Cross-fox. Manul.
Delalande's fox. Marbled cat
Dhole. Margay.
Dingo. Marsh cat.
Dog (domestic). Megallanic fox.
European wild cat. Mountain-lion.
Eyra cat. North African jackal

Northern lynx. Servaline cat.
Ocelot. Siberian wild dog.
Oriental jackal. Side-striped jackal.
Ounce. Silver backed fox.
Pale fox. Silver fox.
Pallas's cat. Small-eared fox.
Pampas cat Small Tibetan fox.
Panther. Snow-Leopard.
Prairie wolf. Spanish lynx.
Puma. Spotted hyena
Raccoon-like dog. Strand-wolf.
Red wolf. Striped hyena.
Rough fox. Tiger.
Rusty-spotted cat. Tri-coloured fox.
Rusty tiger-cat. Variegated jackal.
Salt-desert cat. Virginian fox.
Sand fox. Warrigal.
Scandinavian lynx. Wolf.
Serval. Wolf-like jackal

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