About the Authors

Susan Nadin-Davis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

nadindavis@gmail.com

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Ottawa Laboratory–Fallowfield, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Tore Buchanan

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Larissa Nituch

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Christine Fehlner-Gardiner

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Ottawa Laboratory–Fallowfield, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: T. Buchanan and L. Nituch are employed by the OMNRF which provided the funding for this work and which implements a raccoon rabies control program in Ontario. S. Nadin-Davis and C. Fehlner-Gardiner have received financial support from OMNRF on several occasions.