Brooks R
Department of Veterinary Sciences, Mutare, Zimbabwe.
Vet Rec. 1990 Dec 15;127(24):592-6.
A random sample survey using personal interviews was conducted in Zimbabwe in 1986 to determine the size and structure of the national dog population and its level of rabies vaccination. There was an average of 0.91 dogs per household in Zimbabwe giving an extrapolated total population of 1,308,577 dogs. There was a dog to people ratio of 1:6.5 and an average of 3.4 dogs per square kilometre. The ratio of adult male to female dogs was 0.56:0.44, with 20 per cent of the dog population being less than three months old. In the period 1950 to 1986 there was a 4.7 per cent per annum growth rate of the dog population. In one of the provinces, Manicaland, dogs were found to have an average age of 2.3 years and a life expectancy at birth of 4.6 years. An estimated 40 per cent of the dog population three months old and above had been vaccinated against rabies in 1985/1986. With the rabies incidence in Zimbabwe still unacceptably high this level of vaccination is clearly inadequate and measures designed to increase it are discussed.
1986年在津巴布韦进行了一项采用个人访谈的随机抽样调查，以确定全国犬类数量、结构及其狂犬病疫苗接种水平。津巴布韦平均每户有0.91只犬，据此推断犬类总数为1,308,577只。犬与人的比例为1:6.5，每平方公里平均有3.4只犬。成年公犬与母犬的比例为0.56:0.44，20%的犬龄小于三个月。在1950年至1986年期间，犬类数量的年增长率为4.7%。在其中一个省份马尼卡兰，犬的平均年龄为2.3岁，出生时的预期寿命为4.6岁。据估计，在1985/1986年，三个月及以上犬类中有40%接种了狂犬病疫苗。鉴于津巴布韦的狂犬病发病率仍然高得令人无法接受，显然这一疫苗接种水平不足，文中讨论了旨在提高接种率的措施。
