Demographic characteristics of free-roaming dogs (FRD) in rural and urban India following a photographic sight-resight survey.

ABSTRACT: An understanding of the core demographic characteristics of the sub-populations of FRD is essential to effectively implement both rabies control interventions through mass vaccination of FRD, and dog population control programmes. This study compares the data obtained following photographic sight-resight surveys in rural (Shirsuphal village in west India) and urban (Municipal Corporation Panchkula in north India) locations . A total of 263 and 1408  FRD were seen at least once through 617 and 3465 sightings in the rural and urban sites, respectively. The rural location had a lower proportion of females (OR 0.5, 95% CI 0.4-0.7) and a higher proportion of poor and fair conditioned dogs (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.3-2.3) compared to the urban setting. The rural site also had fewer active FRD (OR 0.6, 9

SUBMITTER: Tiwari HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6851138 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature