Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of dogs sampled in Esue rural geog (n = 119) and Katsho semi-urban area (n = 119)
| Variables | Esue/rural n (%) |
Katsho/semi-urban n (%) |
χ2 test significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Female | 61 (51) | 58 (49) | 0.79 |
| Male | 58 (49) | 61 (51) | |
| Breeda | |||
| Pure/cross | 12 (10) | 37 (31) | 0.0001 |
| Local | 107 (90) | 82 (69) | |
| Dog category/classification | |||
| Owned | 62 (52) | 71 (60) | |
| Stray | 57 (48) | 48 (40) | 0.29 |
| Age (months) | |||
| 4–12 | 10 (8.4) | 8 (6.7) | 0.008 |
| 13–24 | 11 (9.2) | 19 (16) | |
| 25–48 | 93 (78.2) | 90 (75.7) | |
| > 49 | 5 (4.2) | 2 (1.6) | |
| Physical body condition score | |||
| 5-Obese | 10 (8) | 18 (15) | |
| 4-Fat | 72 (60) | 57 (48) | |
| 3-Normal | 8 (7) | 12 (10) | 0.28 |
| 2-Thin | 15 (13) | 17 (14) | |
| 1-Emaciated | 14 (12) | 15 (13) | |
| Neuter status | |||
| Yes | 58 (49) | 52 (44) | 0.51 |
| No | 61 (51) | 67 (56) | |
Note: aDog breed: Local means non-descript and mongrel dog; pure/cross mean pure breed (e.g. German Shepherd) and crosses between local and one identified pure breed