Table 2.
Distribution of snakebite cases in animals in Nepal and Cameroon by part of the animal body bitten by the snake.
| Body part bitten | 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 = 199) n(%) |
Dog (n = 19) n(%) |
Cat (n = 8) n(%) |
Total (n = 324) n(%) |
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| Limbs | 7 (47) | 4 (29) | 3 (7) | 0 (0) | 14 (19) | 28 (80) | 2 (100) | 27 (54) | 6 (55) | 60 (30) | 6 (32) | 4 (50) | 133 (41) |
| Head, face, or neck | 4 (27) | 3 (21) | 11 (26) | 0 (0) | 18 (25) | 3 (9) | 0 (0) | 10 (20) | 1 (9) | 34 (17) | 9 (47) | 1 (13) | 58 (18) |
| Abdomen or thorax | 1 (7) | 7 (50) | 1 (2) | 1 (100) | 10 (14) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 6 (12) | 2 (18) | 57 (29) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 69 (21) |
| Udder | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Tail | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 7 (4) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 11 (3) |
| Unknown | 2 (13) | 0 (0) | 28 (65) | 0 (0) | 30 (41) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 5 (10) | 2 (18) | 41 (21) | 1 (5) | 3 (38) | 53 (16) |