Public Health News
MAY 2025
BAT BYTES:Rabies Review and Zoonotic Updates Kentucky Department for Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning Kelly Giesbrecht, DVM, MPH, State Public Health Veterinarian
This Issue: 2024 Rabies Cases: 22
Species and County Distribution 2024 Positive Rabies Epi Curve 2025 Kentucky Rabies January-April: 10
2024 Positive Rabies: Kentucky
SKUNK BAT
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2024 and 2025 Kentucky Rabies:
1 Human Rabies Death in December 2024: Patient was international from a rabies endemic area. It was canine variant.
Last human rabies death in Kentucky was 1996: Silver-haired bat variant.
Skunk rabies is on the increase in Kentucky in 2024 and in 2025.
Mercer County had an unvaccinated rabid dog: North Central skunk variant.
Vaccinate pets to protect families!
2025 Kentucky Positive Rabies: Jan-April 2025 Positive Rabies: Kentucky
Date of Positive Test
DOG SKUNK BAT
2024 Kentucky Rabies by County
Washington Woodford
Warren
Pendleton Scott
Christian Fayette Jefferson Kenton Marion Mercer
0123456 Number of Cases
SKUNK BAT
Date of Positive Test
2025 Kentucky Rabies by County Wayne
Lincoln Mercer Scott
Jessamine Logan
Fayette
01234 Number of Cases
DOG SKUNK BAT
KVMA News | Summer 2025
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