A rare false positive for rabies has been confirmed for a horse in Perth County.
The positive test result was reported by Huron Perth Public Health on November 3rd, for a horse located in Perth South.
In an update from HPPH, further tests have found the horse to be negative for rabies
“According to the CFIA [Canadian Food Inspection Agency], this is only the second sample out of approximately 32,000 samples in the past 10 years that has been reported as a false positive,” the news release says.
“We continue to be very confident in the reliability of the test used to detect rabies.”
The test that is used by the CFIA to determine if a sample contains the rabies virus has been internationally accepted as a primary diagnostic test for rabies for over forty years.