{"id":13619,"date":"2012-03-28T19:25:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T23:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cap4kids.org\/columbus\/2012\/03\/28\/634405405\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T16:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:05:39","slug":"dog-bite-reporting-rabies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/dog-bite-reporting-rabies\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Bite Reporting &amp; Rabies Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are bitten by a dog, cat, or wild animal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact your doctor or local emergency room to treat wounds as needed.<\/li>\n<li>Report the bite to your local health department.<br \/>\nFranklin County Public Health: 280 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215<br \/>\n(614) 525-3160<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/myfcph.org\/animal-bites-quarantine-and-rabies-tags\/\">myfcph.org\/animal-bites-quarantine-and-rabies-tags<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Depending on the type of exposure, may need Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) shots to prevent rabies. The Health Department or your doctor can help you determine next steps.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/odh.ohio.gov\/know-our-programs\/zoonotic-disease-program\/rabies-pep\">odh.ohio.gov\/know-our-programs\/zoonotic-disease-program\/rabies-pep<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Report stray dogs to the Franklin County Department of Animal Control at<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(614) 525-3400.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dogs.franklincountyohio.gov\/Services\/Field-Services\">dogs.franklincountyohio.gov\/Services\/Field-Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For help with a wild animal, contact Ohio Wildlife Center at (614) 793-9453.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ohiowildlifecenter.org\/found-an-animal\/\">ohiowildlifecenter.org\/found-an-animal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are bitten by a dog, cat, or wild animal: Contact your doctor or local emergency room to treat wounds as needed. Report the bite to your local health department. Franklin County Public Health: 280 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 525-3160 myfcph.org\/animal-bites-quarantine-and-rabies-tags Depending on the type of exposure, may need Post-Exposure Prophylaxis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[530,459],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-bites-and-pests","category-safety-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13619"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42232,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13619\/revisions\/42232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}