Investigation On Rabies Knowledge Practices And Determinants Of Dog Vaccination And Prevalence Of Gastro Intestinal Helminthes Among Household With Dogs In Addis Ababa City Ethiopia

A cross sectional study was carried out between November, 2019 to April, 2020 in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia, with the aims of investigation on rabies knowledge, practices and determinants of dog vaccination and prevalence of gastro intestinal helminthes among household with dogs. On the study regarding questionnaire interview, a total of 230 households were enrolled and data collected using structured questionnaire and feacal samples was taken from those dogs reared by household interviewed at the same time. Males recruited for this study made up 47.39% (109/230) of all respondents with 121 (52.61%) females interviewed. The mean ages were 43.5 and with an age range of 18-79 years for all respondents. 87(37.83%) of all study participants had attained secondary education. Majority (38.26%) were privately employed. Factors significantly associated with a respondent having a vaccinated dog on included having higher education, when was their dog vaccinated (0.05) of Ancyclostoma spp. Dipylidium caninum, Taenia spp., Trichuris spp. and Toxocara spp. between sex, age, breed and body condition groups.

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