Informative Speech On Rhabdovirus

Introduction

Primarily a zoonotic disease of warm blooded animals such as dogs, wild cats, jackals and wolfs. It is caused by a bullet shaped NEUROTROPIC RNA VIRUS belongs to rhabdoviridae type 1.Rabies is the deadliest disease on the earth with a 99.9% fatality rate. The rabies virus attacks the central nervous system causing severely distressing neurological symptoms.

Agent factor

Rhabdovirus type 1(RNA virus)

Structure

Rhabdovirus genome is negative sense (-), non- segmented and single –stranded in nature. That is approximately 180 nm long and 75 nm wide. The genome encodes 5 proteins designated as N, P, M, G and L. All rhabdoviruses have two major structural components: a helical ribonucleoprotein core (RNP) and surrounding envelop, that is made up of glycoproteins and have 10 nm long spikes.

Cats and dogs can be vaccinated against rabies. Ask your veterinary doctor about the schedule of the vaccination.

• Keep your pets confined. Kept your pets inside the home and supervise them when they go outside.

• Protection small pets. Kept small pets inside home so that they are safe from wild animals. Because these small pets can't be vaccinated against rabies.

• Report stray animals to local government. Inform animal control officers or other local law enforcement authorities to report stray dogs and cats.

• Don't approach wild animals. Wild type animals with rabies are unfamiliar with people. They are not familiar with people, so stay away from these animals.

• Keep bats out of your home. Fill the gaps where bats can enter your home. If bats are present in home, try to keep bats outside the home.

• Consider the rabies vaccine if you are traveling. Rabies is common to some countries and if you want to stay there for a longer time, gets vaccination before