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Louisville Metro KY - Environmental Health Bulk Data - Animal Bites

Published by Louisville/Jefferson County Information Consortium | Louisville Metro Government | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2026-01-29T13:07:40.640Z
Attributes of animal bite incidents reported to and investigated by Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. Personal/identifying data has been removed.Data Dictionary:id-system idbite_date-reported date of animal biteSpeciesIDDesc-animal speciesBreedIDDesc-animal breedbreed-secondat breed field for manual entryGenderIDDesc-animal gendercolor-animal colorvaccination_yrs-how long vaccination is effective forvaccination_date-date of last rabies vaccinationvictim_zip-zip code of victimAdvIssuedYNDesc-was an advisory ordered?WhereBittenIDDesc-Where was bite body or head?quarantine_date-quarrantine date if applicableDispositionIDDesc-disposition of animal if knownhead_sent_date-date head sent for testing if applicablerelease_date-date of release from quarrantine if knownResultsIDDesc-results of testing if applicableFollowupYNDesc-is this a followup entry?Health and Wellness Protects and promotes the health, environment and well being of the people of Louisville, providing health-related programs and health office locations community wide.Contact:Gerald Kaforskigerald.kaforski@louisvilleky.gov

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Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel public
bureauCode 
                                            [
  "010:04",
  "010:86"
]
contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "LouisvilleMetro",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@louisvilleky.gov"
}
culture en-us
description <span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>Attributes of animal bite incidents reported to and investigated by Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. Personal/identifying data has been removed.</span><br /><strong><br /></strong><div><strong>Data Dictionary:</strong><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>id-system id</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>bite_date-reported date of animal bite</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>SpeciesIDDesc-animal species</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>BreedIDDesc-animal breed</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>breed-secondat breed field for manual entry</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>GenderIDDesc-animal gender</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>color-animal color</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>vaccination_yrs-how long vaccination is effective for</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>vaccination_date-date of last rabies vaccination</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>victim_zip-zip code of victim</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>AdvIssuedYNDesc-was an advisory ordered?</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>WhereBittenIDDesc-Where was bite body or head?</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>quarantine_date-quarrantine date if applicable</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>DispositionIDDesc-disposition of animal if known</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>head_sent_date-date head sent for testing if applicable</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>release_date-date of release from quarrantine if known</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>ResultsIDDesc-results of testing if applicable</span><br /><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'>FollowupYNDesc-is this a followup entry?</span><div><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'><br /></span></div><div><font color='#4d4d4d' face='Lato'><span style='font-size:16px;'>Health and Wellness Protects and promotes the health, environment and well being of the people of Louisville, providing health-related programs and health office locations community wide.</span></font><br /></div><div><span style='color:rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family:Lato; font-size:16px;'><br /></span></div><div><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.25em; font-size:16px; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:Lato;'><font color='#000080' style='font-family:inherit;'>Contact:</font></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.25em; font-size:16px; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:Lato;'><font color='#000080' style='font-family:inherit;'>Gerald Kaforski</font></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.25em; font-size:16px; box-sizing:border-box; font-family:Lato;'><a href='mailto:gerald.kaforski@louisvilleky.gov' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit; box-sizing:border-box;' rel='nofollow ugc'><font color='#000080' style='font-family:inherit;'>gerald.kaforski@louisvilleky.gov</font></a></p></div></div>
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issued 2022-05-20T11:53:55.000Z
keyword 
                                            [
  "Animal Bites",
  "Environmental Health",
  "Health",
  "Inspections",
  "Louisville",
  "Louisville Metro",
  "Louisville Metro KY",
  "Metro Health",
  "Public Health and Wellness",
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]
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license https://louisville-metro-opendata-lojic.hub.arcgis.com/pages/terms-of-use-and-license
modified 2026-01-29T13:07:40.640Z
platform ArcGIS Hub
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                                            [
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]
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "Louisville/Jefferson County Information Consortium"
}
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summary Health and Wellness Protects and promotes the health, environment and well being of the people of Louisville, providing health-related programs and health office locations community wide.
theme 
                                            [
  "geospatial"
]
title Louisville Metro KY - Environmental Health Bulk Data - Animal Bites

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