Demographic and Ecological Survey of Dog Population in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria

Table 2

Information obtained from 500 dog owning households in Aba North and Aba South LGA of Abia state (from April to June 2013).

Variable	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Breeds of dogs
Exotic	495	66.3
Local	142	19.0
Cross	110	14.7
Sex of dogs
Male	465	62.2
Female	282	37.8
Ages of dogs
0–6 month	284	38.0
7–12 month	169	22.6
>12 month	294	39.4
Source of dogs
From own bitch	367	49.1
Bought	334	44.7
Received as gift	46	6.2
Reason for dog ownership
Guard dogs	474	63.5
Sale/breeding	182	24.4
Pet	91	12.2
Confinement of dogs
Day	438	58.6
Night	13	1.7
Day and night	260	34.8
Allow to roam	36	4.8
Feeding of dogs
Household members	649	86.9
Neighbours	1	0.1
Find its own food	3	0.4
Neighbours/household	94	12.6
Rabies vaccination status
Yes	298	39.9
No	324	43.4
Not up to vaccination age	125	16.7
Total	747	100