Epidemiological analysis of dog bite injuries according to the emergency care record of the Guillermo Díaz de la Vega Hospital (2017-2023), Abancay, Peru

Rosmery Gonzales C.; Max Escobedo E.; Isai Ochoa P. · Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru (2026) · DOI: 10.15381/rivep.v37i2.33383

Resumen

This research was conducted to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of dog bite cases treated at the Guillermo Díaz de la Vega Regional Hospital in Abancay, during 2017-2023. A total of 744 bite records were evaluated. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Comparisons between variables were performed using the Chi-square test with a significance level of 5%. The frequency of dog bites decreased significantly in 2020 and 2021. Bites were more frequent in adults aged 39-59 years (30%), males (58%), and residents of the city of Abancay (77%). The largest proportion of injuries occurred on the lower extremities (40%), with single (66%) and deep (53%) wounds. Seventy percent of the dogs responsible for the bites were known to the victims. ©Los autores. Este artículo es publicado por la Rev Inv Vet Perú de la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Este es un artículo de acceso abierto, distribuido bajo los términos de la licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0) [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es] que permite el uso, distribución y reproducción en cualquier medio, siempre que la obra original sea debidamente citada de su fuente original

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Micaela Bastidas de Apurímac