Human and Environmental Factors AKECENT survey of animal bites in se¬ lected areas of the United States showed a "reported" animal bite rate of 362 per 100,000 human population per year (1). In the same study it was estimated that about 611,500 per¬ sons were bitten by animals in the United States Dr. Parrish is assistant professor of preventive medicine, University of Vermont College of Medi¬ cine, Burlington. Dr. Clack, the senior author of "Characteristics of Biting Dogs," the second section of this paper, is chief public health veterinarian, and Dr. Mock, public health veterinarian, of the
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