If you need assistance, contact your local animal control agency or local health department. Bat bites are not always visible. Therefore, in situations in which a bat is physically present and there is a possibility of an inapparent exposure, the bat should be captured and submitted to a rabies laboratory for testing. Immediately call your local animal control agency to have a trained officer sent to capture the bat. When capturing a bat, avoid striking it if at all possible.
Physical trauma can damage the brain and make it impossible to conduct rabies laboratory tests.
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