Animal Bites/Rabies

Langlade County Health Department is responsible for following up on all animal bite/rabies investigation under Wisconsin State Statute 95.21.

Rabies is preventable and is transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. Our public health representative follows up with the owners of the animal to ensure that the animal is taken to a veterinary clinic within 48 hours of the incident to be observed. The animal must be taken to the veterinary clinic 3 times within a 10 day period from the initial bite incident. Our public health representative also reaches out to the bite victim to ensure they are up to date on the procedures occurring and/or have received appropriate tests and treatments. 

For more information please contact us.

Additional Information: 
Wisconsin Department of Health Services-Rabies