Rabies is an important zoonotic disease worldwide including Bangladesh (Biswas et al., 1996) and
approximately 90% of human cases result from dog bites in Indo-Bangladesh sub-continent. This study recorded
13 (0.35%) rabies cases in pet dogs which indicate the potential risk to pet owners. Almost all human deaths
caused by rabies originating from Asia and Africa, and there are an estimated 55,000 human deaths annually
from rabies worldwide, with about 31000 in Asia and 24,000 in Africa (Samad, 2008).