Data and facts about the owned dogs of India
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Dog Ownership Practices
Jump to: Shirsuphal village, Western India
Shirsuphal village, Western India
External link:
Tiwari HK, O’Dea M, Robertson ID, Vanak AT (2019) Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) towards rabies and free-roaming dogs (FRD) in Shirsuphal village in western India: A community based cross-sectional study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(1): e0007120.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007120
- Dog Ownership:
- Breed of dog owned:
- Local: 84%
- Pedigree: 12%
- Mixed: 4%
- Source of dog owned:
- Adopted: 69%
- Gifted: 16%
- Purchased: 9%
- Offspring of owned bitches: 6%
- Preference for pedigreed breeds: 37%
- Reasons for preferring a pedigreed dog:
- Intelligence: 40%
- Cleanliness: 7%
- Social status: 7%
- No specific reason: 5%
- Breed of dog owned:
- Dog Care:
- Pet dogs are confined and restricted: 84%
- Is your dog(s) supervised when not restricted:
- Always: 46%
- Sometimes: 22%
- Rarely: 9%
- Never: 23%
- Dog ever visited a veterinarian: 28%
- Dog ever been vaccinated against rabies: 12%
- Dog sterilized: 6%
- Reasons for Not Sterilizing Dogs:
- Too young for procedure: 32%
- Unaware of procedure: 24%
- Unavailability of service: 14%
- Consider it a cruel practice: 8%
- Pet reared for breeding: 8%
- Cost of procedure: 2%
- Reduces aggressive nature of guard dog: 2%
- No specific reason: 11%
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