STUDY OF THE CANINE POPULATION DYNAMICS VACCINATED AGAINST RABIES IN THE CITY OF BOTUCATU/SP FROM 2005 TO 2014/ESTUDO DA DINAMICA DA POPULACAO DE CAES VACINADA CONTRA A RAIVA NO MUNICIPIO DE BOTUCATU/SP DE 2005 A 2014/ESTUDIO DE LA DINAMICA DE LA POBLACION DE PERROS VACUNADOS CONTRA LA RABIA EN LA CIUDAD DE BOTUCATU/SP DE 2005 A 2014

Knowing the structure, size and dynamics of the canine population of a town is important for planning the zoonoses control programs. One of these programs the vaccination campaigns against rabies in dogs performed in the city of Botucatu, Brazil, since 1968. In this study, we estimated parameters related to the canine population dynamics in the Botucatu for dogs vaccinated against rabies during the performance of 10 anti-rabies campaign in the period from 2005 to 2014. The data for the evaluations were obtained from the records of entries of dogs vaccinated in the campaign. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric tests were used for the statistical analysis. The used tests allowed the following conclusions: 1) the majority of the animals are in between 1 and 5 year-old; 2) the owners have taken their animals to be vaccinated on the campaigns but the population usually delays to be aware of the primary vaccination; with the past of time, dog owners become aware of the importance of the annual vaccinations; 3) the comparison among the dog gender is not statistically significant; 4) 2014 was the year with the smallest vaccination coverage (64%) in the past ten years. The parameters of the canine population dynamics in this study provide the aid for the development of programs for the control of zoonoses transmited from dogs in Botucatu.