This is an excerpt from Equine Disease Quarterly, funded by underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, brokers, and their Kentucky agents.

In 2006, the Kentucky Department for Public Health, Division of Laboratory Services (Frankfort) and the Breathitt Veterinary Center (Hopkinsville) received 1,126 animal specimens for rabies testing. Of these, 77 (6.8%) were unsuitable for testing because of decomposition or extreme trauma to the brain. The distribution of rabies-positive animals is shown at right