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global goal of zero human dog-mediated rabies deaths by 2030, there is an urgent need for the adoption of
the One Health approach involving all the concerned stakeholders in implementing rabies education
programmes, free mass dog vaccination, rabies surveillance, enforcement of dog’s law and extensive supply
of free or subsidised human rabies vaccines.

DECLARATIONS
Acknowledgements
The authors appreciate all the dog owners who participated in this study.

Authors’ contributions
Conceptualisation, methodology: Akanbi IO, Ishola OO, Olugasa BO
Formal analysis and investigation: Akanbi IO, Akanbi IM
Writing - original draft preparation: Akanbi IO
Writing - review and editing: Akanbi IO, Ishola OO, Olugasa BO, Akanbi IM, Olarinmoye AO
Supervision: Ishola OO, Olugasa BO

Availability of data and materials
The data collection materials and datasets generated during this study are available and can be accessed
through the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Financial support and sponsorship
The authors declare that no funds, grants, or any other support were received during the preparation of this
manuscript.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
The ethical approval for the study was obtained from the University of Ibadan/University College Hospital
(UI/UCH) Ethics Committee, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training (IAMRAT), College of
Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria with the assigned number: UI/EC/20/0150.
The informed consent documents read and signed by the participants in this study were reviewed and
approved by the University of Ibadan/University College Hospital (UI/UCH) Ethics Committee, Institute
for Advanced Medical Research and Training (IAMRAT), College of Medicine, University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria.

Consent for publication
Written informed consent documents to publish the data obtained from the study were obtained from all
the dog owners.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023.

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