The maximum dog bite cases (78.5%) were category III exposure
than 21.5% category II exposure and the most common site
of bite marks was 70.4% lower limb, similar to the study by
Shankaraiah et al.
[16] (87.5% on the limbs and 79.0% had category
III exposure) and Kubheka et al.
[14] (72% on lower limbs and
slightly lower category III exposure, 43.3%). Of the dogs
implicated for human bites, maximum were pet dogs (70.4%)
in our study in contrast to the study by Aworh et al.
[12] (52.7%
were stray dogs).