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Prevalence of Rabies among Hospital-Admitted Rabies Suspected Dogs in and around Chennai at Tamilnadu
Volume 10 | Issue 2 | December 2024
AUTHOR(S)
Prabhavathy Harikrishnan

ABSTRACT

The aim of present study was to identify the prevalence of rabies cases in and around Chennai from January 2023 to December 2023. Data were collected from rabies suspected cases which was admitted in UOR of rabies ward, Teaching Hospital, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, Tamilnadu. The data for one year of rabies suspected cases were confirmed in post-mortem based on FAT and modified william’s stain method. Prevalence of rabies for one year was 77.8 %. Prevalence of males were 75.8 % and female were 69.6%. Breed wise prevalence non-descript and others (German shepherd, Doberman, Spitz, Combai, Chippiparai was 79 and one percent respectively. Positive prevalence of susceptible age group was 68.18, 66.6, 61.5,50,45,40 per cent of aged above one year, aged 3-6 months, aged 6-9 month, aged 0-3 month, aged 9-12 months respectively. Positive prevalence of unvaccinated dogs and Booster dose given dogs were 77.2 and 54.5 per cent respectively. Season -wise positive Prevalence of rabies was high in May (92.8 per cent) and February month (90.5 per cent). Many owners brought the stray dogs for their clinical signs without any awareness of rabies. This study highlights the need to promote knowledge regarding rabies awareness and further surveillance.Owned non-descript dogs attributed to the higher incidence. Hence, educating owners about rabies vaccination is needed because dogs are act as a reservoir to human rabies.

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Citation: Harikrishnan, P. Prevalence of Rabies among Hospital-Admitted Rabies Suspected Dogs in and around Chennai at Tamilnadu. Indian Journal of Veterinary Public Health. 2024; 10(2): 47-52.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62418/ijvph.10.2.2024.47-52