. 2022 Sep 8;44:e001822. doi: 10.29374/2527-2179.bjvm001822

Table 2. Animal care and sanitary practices and informed by domestic dog and cat owners treated at the Jorge Vaitsman Municipal Veterinary Medicine Center, Rio de Janeiro, from August 2017 to November 2018.

Variables		Total	Dog Owners	Cat Owners	p- value
Variables		Total	%	%	p- value
Animal vaccination
	Yes	263	78	22	0a
	No	83	43.4	56.6	0a
Vaccines applied to dogs and cats
	Rabies	214	78.5	21.5	0^a
	Multiple Vaccine (Canine or Feline)	145	85.5	14.5	0^a
	Not informed	29	86.2	13.8	0.02b
Regular care of animals with a veterinarian
	Yes	165	73.9	26.1	0.13^a
	No	181	66.3	33.7	0.13^a
Deworming
	Yes	267	73	27	0.01^a
	No	77	57.1	42.9	0.01^a
Do you wash fruits and vegetables before eating?
	Yes	330	70.3	29.7	0.78^b
	No	15	66.7	33.3	0.78^b
The water that you drink is:
	Boiled	1	0	100	0.26^b
	Filtered	286	71	29
	Mineral	28	64.3	35.7
	Well Water	1	0	100
	Tap Water	30	73.3	26.7
Do you eat raw or undercooked meat?
	Yes	21	66.7	33.3	0.89^a
	Yes, only at barbecues or tasting the meat during the cooking process	100	69	31
	No	226	70.8	29.2
Do you walk barefoot?
	Yes	140	67.9	32.1	0.4^a
	No	204	72	28	0.4^a
Where do you dispose dog and cat feces?
	Litter box	13	0	100	0.0002^b
	Common waste	225	74.2	25.8	0.65^a
	Backyard	21	81	19	0.61^a
	Open sewer	2	100	0	1^b
	Toilet	38	65.8	34.2	0.36^a
Proximity of dogs and cats with other animal species
	Yes	42	71.4	28.6	0.94^a
	No	305	69.5	30.5	0.94^a
Other animals near dogs and cats
	Pigs	11	81.8	18.2	0.51^b
	Chickens	28	78.6	21.4	0.40^a
	Cattle	11	81.8	18.2	0.51^b
	Others	13	61.5	38.5	0.46^b

^a: Pearson χ2;

b: Exact Fischer Test.