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November 26, 2025Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceOpen Access

High awareness, low compliance: rabies knowledge and dog ownership practices among pastoralists, Marsabit County, Kenya

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PGPauline GitongaBOBrian Ogoti

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Cross-sectional survey reveals low dog vaccination and responsible ownership among pastoralists despite high rabies awareness, highlighting the need for community-level interventions.

Key Points

  • Suboptimal dog vaccination and low compliance with responsible dog ownership persist among pastoralists despite widespread community awareness of rabies.
  • Rabies vaccination coverage reached only 22% among dog owners, and just 18.8% adhered to responsible dog ownership practices across surveyed households.
  • A cross-sectional KAP survey across 411 households identified key care disparities, highlighting an urgent need for targeted, community-based control strategies.

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Gitonga et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/694035d82d562116f2908683https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1682727
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