Attitude of rabies among dog bite victims in Srinagar, Kashmir

Background: The Indian Association for the prevention and control of rabies estimates that 80, 00, 000 individuals receive the treatment for dog bites each year. The matter with dog rabies in India is that dogs are asymptomatic in each human establishment. The dog population is calculable to be about 25 million; most of them are ownerless and non-vaccinated against rabies. The purpose of the study was to see the attitude of dog bite victims towards rabies.

against Rabies. The calculable animal bite load per annum was a pair of 2.8 million. Within the capital town of an urban center, the amount of cases regarding dog bites has enlarged from 23,852 in 1992 to 29,905 in 1998 [2]. In Mumbai, 82, 247 cases of dog bites were rumored in 2012 [3] and cases of dog bites are rumored from varied states of India. Just, a British lady was bitten by a puppy in the state of Goa and she died in a U.K. hospital as of Rabies [4]. Youngsters represent 30 to 50% Citation: Thahaby  of those receiving post-exposure vaccinations or dying from the disease. An individual is bitten each a pair of seconds and somebody dies from rabies each half-hour in India [5].

Research methodology
The present study was carried in Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territories (Erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State), India. The purpose is to know the attitude of people towards rabies and thereby the selection of such people comes in front which was done using the below-mentioned sampling plan within the Srinagar district. As per Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), the city is divided into two divisions, four zones and 34 administrative wards ( Table 1). The four administrative zones are North, South, East, and West. To maximize the diversity of population response, all the four zones were considered for the present investigation. From each zone, 4 wards were selected randomly making a total of 16 wards. The wards that were selected were shown in the Table 1 with yellow colour. From each randomly selected ward, 10 household exposed to rabies/dog bite were selected as respondents for data collection (accidental sampling). Thus a total of 160 respondents were the sample size for investigating the attitude of rabies vis-a-vis dog bite exposure among the human population. Our assessment consisted of inquiries to grasp the study's objectives. Five domains were used to prove attitudes amid regards to rabies. Largely attitude level of every domain was seen. Finally, the chi-square test, fi sher exact test was accustomed to inspecting the connection amongst variables and consequently, the fi les had analyzed the using of the SPSS 20.0 software.

Result
With regards to all dogs are dangerous the majority, 82.50% agreed. When asked about stray dogs are vicious the majority, 82.50% agreed. Only 17.50% agreed that dogs bark when they are frightened ( About the anti-rabies vaccine and its safety for prevention, the majority 100% agreed. The majority 82.50% remained neutral about suggesting rabies vaccine to others (Table 5).

Discussion
Rabies is out looked as awful of the diseases that attack humans. This discriminating alarm, outdoing any exact civic wellbeing hazard, is owing to abundant issues whilst were seen besides rabies initially put on its inkling as a misery. The current issues also symbolize that the attitudes of the respondent were positive. The majority, of respondents, alleged that stray dogs are a community vigour hitch within Srinagar. The outlook of respondents about not allotting stray dogs to meander

Conclusion
The attitude of the victimized people was positive.
The majority, of respondents, alleged that stray dogs are a community vigour hitch within Srinagar. The outlook of respondents about not allotting stray dogs to meander copiously, appearing for medicinal consideration if bitten by a dog is shimmering proletariats concern in the control of rabies.

Ethics statement
The study was approved by the faculty of veterinary and