Reporting will be delayed on specimens that are received frozen. Otherwise, reporting will be next day or following the weekend. If the brain material found inside the skull is decomposed or damaged to the point of uncertainty about its being brain tissue, no slides will be prepared unless human exposure to the suspected rabid animal is involved. All Rabies reports are telephoned immediately to the submitter listed on the history form. Test results may be given to concerned individuals, such as owners of animals, persons bitten, etc.
Brain tissue is damaged or decomposed beyond recognition of at least two principal parts.
Tissue in preservative, such as formalin.