Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of dogs surveyed in Flores Island, Indonesia on the days of vaccination, D0 (n = 130) and at 30 days after vaccination, D30 (n = 91; only dogs with antibody titres <0.5 EU/ml at D0 were considered for the analysis).

Variable	D0a (N = 130 dogs)		D30 (N = 91)
	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Sex
Female	88	67.7	59	64.8
Male	42	32.3	32	35.2
Age
<12 months	74	56.9	60	65.9
≥12 months	56	43.1	31	34.1
Breed
Local breed	126	96.9	88	96.7
Other	4	3.1	3	3.3
Geographical area
Urban	69	53.1	50	54.9
Rural	61	46.9	41	45.1
History of rabies vaccination
Vaccinated <12 months before D0a	62	47.7	39	40.7
Never vaccinated or vaccinated >12 months before D0a	68	52.3	52	59.3
Origin of dogs
Born at home	54	41.5	38	40.7
Given or bought	76	58.5	53	59.3
Kind of daily food
Leftovers	121	93.1	83	90.1
Otherb	9	6.9	8	9.9
Frequency of feeding
<3 times per day	76	58.5	52	57.1
≥3 times per day	54	41.5	39	42.9
Body condition score /BCSc
Poor	66	50.8	48	52.7
Good	64	49.2	43	47.3

^aD0 is the day of vaccination within this study.

^bOther daily food like rice, corn, fish.

^cBCS ranged from 1 to 5 and was categorised as poor for scores lower than 3 and good for scores of 3 or higher.