Analyses of Contact Networks of Community Dogs on a University Campus in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

ABSTRACT: Free-roaming dogs have been identified as an important reservoir of rabies in many countries including Thailand. There is a need for novel insights to improve current rabies control strategies in these countries. Network analysis is commonly used to study the interactions between individuals or organizations and has been applied in preventive veterinary medicine. However, contact networks of domestic free-roaming dogs are mostly unexplored. The objective of this study was to explore the contact network of free-roaming dogs residing on a university campus. Three one-mode networks were created using co-appearances of dogs as edges. A two-mode network was created by associating the dog with the pre-defined area it was seen in. The average number of contacts a dog had was 6.74. The normalized

SUBMITTER: Kittisiam T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8704209 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature