Analyses of Contact Networks of Community Dogs on a University Campus in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Analysis
3.2. One-Mode Networks (Dog-to-Dog Networks)
3.3. Comparison between Weekday-Weekend One-Mode Networks
3.4. Two-Mode Network (Dog-to-Polygon Network)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Characteristics of Dogs | Number of Dogs | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Age | ||
Adult | 247 | 94.64 |
Juvenile | 14 | 5.36 |
Sex | ||
Female | 96 | 36.78 |
Male | 81 | 31.03 |
Spayed females | 5 | 1.92 |
Neutered males | 9 | 3.45 |
Unknown | 70 | 26.82 |
Behavior towards human during the first occurrence | ||
Bark | 14 | 5.36 |
Dismissive | 64 | 24.52 |
Fearful | 131 | 50.19 |
Friendly | 52 | 19.92 |
Total | 261 | 100 |
Network Characteristics | Overall Dog-to-Dog Network | Weekday Dog-to-Dog Network | Weekend Dog-to-Dog Network |
---|---|---|---|
Total number of nodes | 261 | 181 | 149 |
Total number of edges | 1760 | 1066 | 902 |
Average Degree | 6.743 | 5.890 | 6.054 |
Density | 0.026 | 0.033 | 0.041 |
Average Distance (SD) | 5.390 (3.358) | 1.084 (0.324) | 3.304 (1.601) |
Diameter | 14 | 3 | 7 |
nBetweenness (SD) 1 | 3.953 (9.692) | 0 (0) | 3.819 (10.249) |
nCloseness (SD) 1 | 18.952 (3.834) | 100 (0) | 29.931 (5.347) |
Small-world-ness (S) | 25.148 | 142.168 | 28.706 |
Components | 54 | 50 | 33 |
Component Ratio | 0.204 | 0.272 | 0.216 |
Size of largest component | 117 | 20 | 66 |
Fragmentation | 0.792 | 0.974 | 0.793 |
Network Characteristics | Value |
---|---|
Number of total nodes | 303 |
Number of total edges | 364 |
Density | 0.033 |
Transitivity | 0.698 |
Fragmentation | 0.235 |
Average Distance | 5.706 |
Diameter | 14 |
Norm Distance | 0.403 |
Radius | 1 |
Dog nodes | |
Number of dog nodes | 261 |
nDegree 1 | 0.033 |
Average Degree (min–max) 1 | 1.395 (1–4) |
Average nBetweenness 1 | 0.006 |
Average nCloseness 1 | 0.259 |
Polygon nodes | |
Number of polygon nodes | 42 |
nDegree 1 | 0.033 |
Average Degree (min–max) 1 | 8.667 (1–38) |
Average nBetweenness 1 | 0.05 |
Average nCloseness 1 | 0.142 |
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Kittisiam, T.; Phimpraphai, W.; Kasemsuwan, S.; Thakur, K.K. Analyses of Contact Networks of Community Dogs on a University Campus in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Vet. Sci. 2021, 8, 299. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8120299
Kittisiam T, Phimpraphai W, Kasemsuwan S, Thakur KK. Analyses of Contact Networks of Community Dogs on a University Campus in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Veterinary Sciences. 2021; 8(12):299. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8120299
Chicago/Turabian StyleKittisiam, Tipsarp, Waraphon Phimpraphai, Suwicha Kasemsuwan, and Krishna Kumar Thakur. 2021. "Analyses of Contact Networks of Community Dogs on a University Campus in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand" Veterinary Sciences 8, no. 12: 299. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8120299