Table 1.
Distribution of snakebite cases in animals in Nepal and Cameroon by location of the snake bite event.
| Scene of the bite | Types of animals in Nepal |
Types of animals in Cameroon |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle & Buffalo (n = 15) n(%) |
Goat & Sheep (n = 14) n(%) |
Poultry (n = 43) n(%) |
Dog (n = 1) n(%) |
Total (n = 73) n(%) |
Cattle & Buffalo (n = 35) n(%) |
Horse & Donkey (n = 2) n(%) |
Goat & Sheep (n = 50) n(%) |
Pig (n = 11) n(%) |
Poultry (n = 207) n(%) |
Dog (n = 19) n(%) |
Cat (n = 8) n(%) |
Total (n = 332) n(%) |
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| In the house/farm | 10 (67) | 6 (43) | 33 (77) | 0 (0) | 49 (67) | 4 (11) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 111 (54) | 0 (0) | 3 (38) | 119 (36) |
| Around the house/farm | 2 (13) | 6 (43) | 9 (21) | 1 (100) | 18 (25) | 9 (26) | 1 (50) | 17 (34) | 6 (55) | 75 (36) | 4 (21) | 4 (50) | 116 (35) |
| In a pen/stall/coop/stable | 0 (0) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 4 (11) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 3 (27) | 13 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 22 (7) |
| In the field/pasture | 1 (7) | 1 (7) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | 14 (40) | 0 (0) | 17 (34) | 1 (9) | 4 (2) | 3 (16) | 0 (0) | 39 (12) |
| In a plantation | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (16) | 0 (0) | 5 (2) |
| Close to a river | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (37) | 0 (0) | 8 (2) |
| In a forest | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) |
| Unknown | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 11 (22) | 1 (9) | 3 (1) | 2 (11) | 1 (13) | 20 (6) |