Zoonotic Diseases
Animal Rabies Testing & Case Maps

Animal rabies testing is done by the Ohio Department of Health Laboratory. About 4,000 – 5,000 specimens are tested annually. If you are an agency sending in a rabies specimen, please review specimen submission guidelines so that samples arrive at the laboratory in satisfactory condition for testing. Specimens should be refrigerated, not frozen. Test results are reported to the submitting agency and the local health department. Rabies positive animals are also reported to the Rabies Program.

• Summary Table of Animals Tested for Rabies 
  
  
• Specimen submission guidelines and rabies test form for animals

To view the Rabies Case Map please select a year below. All maps are Universal Transverse Mercator grid, zone 17, 1983 North American Datum Projection. All maps are protected by US copyright and are property of the Ohio Department of Health. These maps may be freely used or distributed as long as they remain in their original format.

Last Updated: 03/14/2008

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