Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) on a request from the Commission regarding an assessment of the risk of rabies introduction into the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Malta, as a consequence of abandoning the serological test measuring protective antibodies to rabies.

Lyssavirus, Rhabdoviridae, mammalian reservoirs, red fox , raccoon dog , transmission, incubation period, epidemiology, rabies in domestic animals, rabies in humans, control measures, surveillance and eradication programmes in wildlife, rabies vaccination, protection and seroconversion, FAVN and RFFIT tests , test specificity, risk assessment, rabies incidence, rabies prevalence, risk of infection, waiting time, risk of rabies introduction.