TABLE 3.
Dog characteristics and vaccination status (n = 255)
| Dog characteristics | N° observed (%) | Vaccination status | p‐value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubtful (%) | Non‐vaccinated (%) | Vaccinated (%) | |||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 92 (36.1) | 8.9 | 65.8 | 25.3 | 0.815 |
| Male | 163 (63.9) | 8.0 | 70.0 | 22.0 | |
| Breed of dog | |||||
| Exotic | 3 (1.2) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.003 |
| Local | 242 (94.9) | 8.8 | 67.7 | 23.5 | |
| Crossbred | 10 (3.9) | 0.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 | |
| Origin of dog | |||||
| Bought | 165 (64.7) | 10.3 | 55.5 | 34.2 | 0.002 |
| Gift | 64 (25.1) | 5.2 | 82.8 | 12.1 | |
| Born in the household | 11 (4.3) | 10.0 | 80.0 | 20.0 | |
| Picked on the street | 15 (5.9) | 0.0 | 92.9 | 7.1 | |
| Purpose of being kept | |||||
| Companionship | 29 (11.4) | 7.4 | 70.4 | 22.2 | 0.243 |
| Guard | 173 (67.8) | 9.9 | 60.9 | 29.2 | |
| Both | 53 (20.8) | 4.0 | 78.0 | 18.0 | |
| Dog number per household | |||||
| One | 239 (93.7) | 8.0 | 65.6 | 26.4 | 0.714 |
| Two | 15 (5.9) | 14.3 | 64.9 | 21.4 | |
| Three | 1 (0.4) | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
| Confinement status | |||||
| Confined | 85 (33.3) | 10.0 | 51.2 | 38.8 | 0.007 |
| Roaming | 107 (41.9) | 10.1 | 71.7 | 18.2 | |
| Both | 63 (24.7) | 3.4 | 74.6 | 22.0 | |