Epidemiological Associations between Rabies Vaccination and Dog Owner Characteristics.

Although causality cannot be implied, our findings indicate improving owners' knowledge about mandatory vaccination, facilitating attachment to a veterinary clinic, and veterinarians providing vaccination advice might increase the uptake of dog rabies vaccination. The finding in Japan did not deviate from Asian and African countries with rabies, and the sample estimate of annual vaccination coverage was lower than the reported estimate among registered dogs.