Faktor-Faktor yang Mendorong Kejadian Rabies pada Anjing di Desa-Desa di Bali

Abstract Rabies has been spread to all over part of Bali, caused 160 people and thousands of dogs’ death. The effort for preventing rabies have been done, many villages after six months of eradicating rabies programmed have been free, but a few villages still infected with the rabies. The aim of the study was to find the factors that make a number of villages are still infected with rabies. The study was conducted by doing a field survey to the nine districts of Bali. The survey was aimed at villages that remain infected despite efforts to control rabies has been done in the village. The device of survey is equipped with open ended and closed ended questionnaire to be asked to the respondents. Characteristic villages infected with rabies will be figured out after the data were analyzed descriptively. The risk factors that prominent that make Bali infected rabies include: dogs kept by releasing freely; presence of rabies carrier animals other than dogs; dog free contact with other dogs; the dogs were kept without having fed; puppies obtained from others; the flow of the dogs in and out to the village; And many communities have not obtained adequate counseling regarding the rabies. The conclusion that may be drawn is that there are some of factors that make Bali remain infected rabies. Key words: rabies, rabies infected areas, the driving factor