Rabies reported in Utah suited a physician or the health department to arrange examination of potentially infected animals. Both patients were treated treat-ed with HDCV and HRIG. Bats are considered to be high risk animals for rabies transmission. During 1980 10 of 33 bats examined in Utah were positive for rabies. Bats should not be handled. If a bite or other exposure occurs, the animal should be captured without endangering others and be submitted to the State Health Laboratory. Information on submitting specimens and consultalon regarding treatment treat-ment are available at 533-6191. Rabies has been confirmed confirm-ed in five bats exam ined dur -ing the past six weeks. Two of the bats had exposed (bitten (bit-ten or scratched) humans and two had exposed domestic domes-tic dogs. Both individuals received post exposure treatment with human diploid dip-loid cell rabies vaccine, and two human rabies Immune . globulin. The two dogs were humanely destroyed. In addition, 11 other patients pa-tients were treated because the biting animals were not captured for exam lnatlon, and the potential for rabies transmission was present. Unfortunately, two individuals indi-viduals might have avoided treatment if they had con-