Table 1.
Percentage of dogs interested in bait offered, dogs that chewed very shorty (<10 s), swallowed the sachet and considered vaccinated per bait type offered; intestine bait, egg bait, and egg+ bait (%—percentage, n—number of animals with positive result, N—total sample size).
| Bait Type | No. of Dogs Offered a Vaccine Bait |
No. of Dogs Interested in Bait (% [n/N]) * |
Sachet Swallowed (% [n/N]) |
Chewing Time (<10 s) (% [n/N]) | Vaccinated ** (% [n/N]) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intestine | 1314 | 92.9 (1209/1302) |
80.0 (929/1161) |
42.5 (480/1130) |
82.0 (995/1214) |
| Egg | 338 | 87.3 (288/330) |
32.2 (88/273) |
24.0 (58/242) |
83.6 (255/305) |
| Egg+ | 278 | 92.8 (256/276) |
26.5 (65/245) |
24.6 (60/244) |
87.0 (235/270) |
| total | 1930 | 91.9 (1753/1908) |
64.4 (1082/1679) |
37.0 (598/1616) |
83.0 (1485/1789) |
* some dogs had been excluded as they were scared away when the bait was offered; ** successful vaccination attempt is defined by perforated sachet or when dog chewed at least 5 times before swallowing bait and sachet.