Table 2 Management method, characteristics of suspected animals during observation period, and number of victims of 227 suspected animals
From: Background and descriptive features of rabies-suspected animals in Central Luzon, Philippines
| Â | Total | Positive | Negative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Descriptive feature | Total | (%) | Total | (%) | Total | (%) |
Management method | ||||||
 A movable range (n = 220) | ||||||
  Confined | 26 | (11.5) | 4 | (15.4) | 22 | (84.6) |
  Leashed | 36 | (15.9) | 19 | (52.8) | 17 | (47.2) |
  Free | 71 | (31.3) | 26 | (36.6) | 45 | (63.4) |
  Household but roam outside | 87 | (38.3) | 59 | (67.8) | 28 | (32.2) |
 Management with other animals | ||||||
  Yes | 164 | (72.2) | 78 | (47.6) | 86 | (52.4) |
  No | 52 | (22.9) | 24 | (46.2) | 28 | (53.8) |
  Unknown | 11 | (4.8) | 8 | (72.7) | 3 | (27.3) |
 Rabies vaccination (n = 213) | ||||||
  More than once | 34 | (15.0) | 18 | (52.9) | 16 | (47.1) |
  Never | 179 | (78.9) | 85 | (47.5) | 94 | (52.5) |
Characteristics of suspected animals during observation period | ||||||
 Period of illness (day) | ||||||
  0-5 | 145 | (63.9) | 78 | (53.8) | 67 | (46.2) |
  6-10 | 34 | (15.0) | 16 | (47.1) | 18 | (52.9) |
  11-15 | 8 | (3.5) | 1 | (12.5) | 7 | (87.5) |
  > 15 | 12 | (5.3) | 1 | (8.3) | 11 | (91.7) |
  Unknown | 28 | (12.3) | 14 | (50.0) | 14 | (50.0) |
 Contact with other animals last 14 days (n = 221) | ||||||
  Yes | 182 | (80.2) | 95 | (52.2) | 87 | (47.8) |
  No | 39 | (17.2) | 10 | (25.6) | 29 | (74.4) |
 Showed suspected symptoms (n = 223) | ||||||
  Yes | 130 | (57.3) | 93 | (71.5) | 37 | (28.5) |
  None | 93 | (41.0) | 14 | (15.1) | 79 | (84.9) |
 Cause of death | ||||||
  Illness | 176 | (77.5) | 75 | (42.6) | 101 | (57.4) |
  Euthanasia | 31 | (13.7) | 25 | (80.6) | 6 | (19.4) |
  Accident | 5 | (2.2) | 3 | (60.0) | 2 | (40.0) |
  Dead at the time finding | 12 | (5.3) | 5 | (41.7) | 7 | (58.3) |
  Others | 3 | (1.3) | 2 | (66.7) | 1 | (33.3) |
Victim | ||||||
 No. of victim | ||||||
  0 | 19 | (6.5) | 10 | (9.1) | 9 | (7.7) |
  1 | 163 | (55.8) | 67 | (60.9) | 96 | (82.1) |
  2 | 31 | (10.6) | 22 | (20.0) | 9 | (7.7) |
  3 | 9 | (3.1) | 7 | (6.4) | 2 | (1.7) |
  4 | 3 | (1.0) | 2 | (1.8) | 1 | (0.9) |
  > 5 | 2 | (0.7) | 2 | (1.8) | 0 | (0.0) |