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Members of the public should contact their local public health department (county or municipal) and their health care provider regarding animal bite/rabies concerns. during off-hours, animal bite calls may be handled by local law enforcement personnel.

The Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section of the Wisconsin Division of Public Health offers consultation on situations involving potential human exposures to rabies.

Local health department staff or health care providers can call 608-267-9003 during regular office hours. Additional contact information for health care professionals can be found in the rabies algorithm.

Questions regarding the submission of specimens for rabies testing to the State Laboratory of Hygiene, or about the reporting of test results, can be addressed to the WSLH Rabies Unit at 608-262-7323 during regular office hours.

To consult about potential animal exposures to rabies, callers can contact Dr. Yvonne Bellay at the Wisconsin Division of Animal Health at 608-224-4888. It should be noted that domestic animals which are exposed to rabies constitute a very real thereat to their human owners, particularly if the animal is unvaccinated.