Table 4.
Dog ownership and attitude towards biting incidents.
| Parameter | Pre-Implementation N = 1088 (%) |
Post-Implementation N = 1380 (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of dogs owned | |||
| 1–2 | 868 (79.8) | 1134 (82.2) | 0.1304 |
| 3–4 | 183 (16.8) | 205 (14.9) | 1.8021 |
| 5 and above | 37 (3.4) | 41 (2.9) | 1.5192 |
| Vaccination History (N = 2193, N = 2421) | |||
| 2015 | 1272 (58.0) | 890 (36.8) | 2.0000 |
| 2016 | 1300 (54.0) | ||
| 2017 | 890 (36.8) | ||
| Biting Incidence | |||
| Yes | 225 (20.7) | 292 (21.2) | 0.7618 |
| No | 863 (79.3) | 1088 (78.8) | 1.2382 |
| Owner of biting dog | |||
| Owner’s dog itself | 116 (51.6) | 102 (35.0) | 1.9999 |
| Stray with owner | 77 (34.2) | 117 (40.1) | 0.1544 |
| Stray without owner | 50 (22.2) | 72 (18.5) | 1.6944 |
| Others | 5 (2.2) | 1 (0.4) | 1.9533 |
| First aid adopted | |||
| Washed with soap | 186 (82.7) | 150 (51.4) | 2.0000 |
| Applied with garlic | 38 (16.9) | 24 (8.2) | 2.0000 |
| Visited ‘tandok‘ | 64 (28.6) | 63 (21.6) | 1.9957 |
| Did nothing | 24 (10.5) | 12 (4.1) | 2.0000 |
| Consulted Animal Bite Treatment Center | 116 (51.6) | 113 (38.7) | 2.0000 |
| Others | 20 (8.9) | 38 (13.9) | 0.0040 |
| Action done to the biting dog (N = 225, N = 292) | |||
| Observed | 58 (25.8) | 95 (32.5) | 0.0980 |
| Killed instantly | 20 (8.9) | 34 (11.6) | 0.3196 |
| Killed and head brought to laboratory | 1 (0.4) | 3 (1.0) | 0.4401 |
| Did nothing | 139 (61.8) | 154 (52.7) | 1.9616 |
| Others | 7 (3.11) | 6 (2.0) | 1.5758 |