The occurrence of technological damage in cattle, pigs, sheep and goats reared and slaughtered in the Czech Republic was monitored by evaluation and analyzing results of post mortem inspections of official veterinarians from slaughterhouses in the period from 2010 to 2019. We found that technological damage was the most common in pigs, and less common in cattle, sheep and goats. Compared to other species, pigs have statistically the highest occurrence of lung congestion (51.9%–19.3%, in the order: sows, finishing pigs, piglets), insufficient technology processing (0.200%–0.018%, in the order: sows, finishing pigs, piglets), delayed evisceration (0.04%–0.02%, in the order: finishing pigs, sows, piglets), muscle spoilage (0.033%–0.004%, in the order: piglets, finishing pigs, sows) and over-scalding (0.028%–0.013%, in the order: finishing pigs, piglets, sows). Compared to other species, cattle have statistically the highest incidence of different sensory deviations (7.42%–0.33%, in the order: calves, dairy cows, heifers, bulls) and insufficient bleeding (4.4%–2.9%, in the order: bulls, heifers, dairy cows, calves). In all monitored animal species, a similar level of the occurrence of contamination during the carcass processing was recorded (0.37%–0.00%). In sheep and goats, technological damage is generally lower than in pigs and cattle.

Rabies in foxes was widespread in the Czech Republic after World War II, reaching its highest incidence in the 1980s. Applied control measures had only a limited effect and rabies incidence in wildlife continuously endangered both domestic animals and human beings. A significant improvement was noticed after the introduction of oral vaccination of foxes in 1989. The original manual distribution of vaccine baits has been replaced by aerial distribution, leading to the total elimination of rabies throughout the country. The last case of rabies was diagnosed in a fox in the district of Trutnov in April 2002. Since that time no case of rabies has been registered in the Czech Republic, and it therefore fulfils the requirements for the status of a 'rabies-free country'. Effective epidemiological surveillance and preventive oral vaccination of foxes will be necessary to maintain this status, especially in the endangered border regions.

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• aplikace orální MeSH
• divoká zvířata MeSH
• hospodářská zvířata MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• lišky MeSH
• sentinelová surveillance veterinární   MeSH
• vakcína proti vzteklině aplikace a dávkování   MeSH
• vzteklina epidemiologie   prevence a kontrola   přenos   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
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• přehledy MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika MeSH