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

Table 3

Structure of dogs and human population in compound count carried out in Aba North and Aba South LGA.

Variables	Values
Number of compounds surveyed	500
Total number of people in the streets surveyed	5823
Total number of dogs	747
Dog human ratio	1 : 7.8
Average number of dogs per house	1.5
Total dog population size estimated from street count	126
2006 population census of Aba North and Aba South LGA	531, 340
Estimated dog population in Aba North and Aba South LGA	68, 121