When a person is bitten by a dog or other mammal in Belmont County, a report must be filed with the Belmont County, a report must be filed with the Belmont County Health Department within 24 hours as sated in OAC 3701-3-28. The owner/harborer of the animal involved in a bite must quarantine the animal for a period of no less than 10 days from the date when the person was bitten. At the end of the quarantine period the animal must be examined by a licensed veterinarian for any symptoms of rabies.
Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal or, less commonly, when saliva from an infected animal gets into an open wound or onto a mucous membrane.
Rabies is almost always fatal once clinical symptoms appear; however, it is 100% preventable in humans through prompt and appropriate medical care. In addition to washing any bite wound with soap and water as soon as possible, animal bite victims should consult with their doctor and promptly report the incident to the local health department.
Ohio’s local health departments investigate approximately 20,000 animal bite and exposure incidents annually. Because of health department activities and medical treatment, human rabies is rare in the United States. Ohio’s last human rabies case was in 1970.
Take the BITE out of Rabies Brochure
Animal Bite Report Form
For further information call the Belmont County Health Department at 740-695-1202.
955.39 Prohibition against violating a rabies quarantine.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL DISEASE INFORMATION
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ANIMAL BITES & RABIES
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