Canine ecology and socioeconomic factors associated with dogs unvaccinated against rabies in a Mexican city across the US–Mexico border

Flores-Ibarra, Maricela; Estrella-Valenzuela, Gabriel

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2003.10.002

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“…The main reason for keeping dog(s) in rural areas were for guarding crops, home premises or livestock comparing to companionship in urban areas, thus the dogs in rural areas are more likely to roam. Similar studies have reported comparable findings in other countries (Butler and Bingham, 2000;Kitala et al, 2001;Flores-Ibarra and Estrella-Valenzuella, 2004;Kongkaew et al, 2004;Suzuki et al, 2008;Acosta-Jamett et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 90%

“…This study showed that the main source of dogs were acquisition from friends or family free of cost, which is similar to that found in other countries (Kitala et al, 2001;Flores-Ibarra and Estrella-Valenzuella, 2004;Kongkaew et al, 2004;Ortega-Pacheco et al, 2007;Suzuki et al, 2008;Acosta-Jamett et al, 2010). It is also encouraging to note that a high proportion of dogs were adopted from the street in both rural (28.1%) and urban (25.6%) areas.…”

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confidence: 88%

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Size and demography pattern of the domestic dog population in Bhutan: Implications for dog population management and disease control

Rinzin

Tenzin²,

Robertson

2016

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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confidence: 88%

Size and demography pattern of the domestic dog population in Bhutan: Implications for dog population management and disease control

Rinzin

Tenzin²,

Robertson

2016

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

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“…23 Interestingly, in a study of dog ecology and rabies in Mexicali, Mexico, dogs 3-11 months of age had a three times higher risk of being nonvaccinated than dogs ≥ 1 year of age. 24 Previous studies showed that owned dogs in Bangkok, Thailand 21 and Sao Paulo, Brazil 25 were more likely to have rabies than stray dogs. However, in this study, the odds of rabies were not significantly different between these two groups of dogs.…”

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Epidemiologic Trends of Rabies in Domestic Animals in Southern Thailand, 1994–2008

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Atwill²,

Kongkaew

et al. 2011

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Rabies and associated risk factors in dogs, cats and cattle (n = 3,454) in southern Thailand during 1994Thailand during -2008 were evaluated by using a mixed-effect logistic regression model. Overall prevalence was 48%. In dogs, odds of being rabid were 1.7 times higher in unvaccinated dogs than in vaccinated dogs and two times higher in dogs with bite history than in dogs with no known bite history. Similarly, aggressive dogs were more likely to be rabid than non-aggressive dogs. In cattle, aggression, pharyngeal paralysis, hyperactivity, and depression were clinical signs associated with being rabid. Annual fluctuations of the species-specific prevalence of rabies is suggestive of a positive correlation between canine and either feline ( r = 0.60, P = 0.05) or bovine rabies ( r = 0.78, P = 0.004). Insufficient vaccination coverage led to maintenance of rabies, which could be easily controlled by increased vaccine coverage and public education.

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“…In mainland areas, controlling the reservoir host populations can reduce the source of infection, [14][15][16] but the ongoing costs for control can be prohibitively expensive. [17][18][19] In contrast, on islands where immigration of introduced mammals is low and potentially preventable, management actions to control (reduce populations) or eradicate (completely remove) introduced mammals represent significant public health opportunities to reduce or potentially eliminate these diseases.…”

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Estimating Burdens of Neglected Tropical Zoonotic Diseases on Islands with Introduced Mammals

Wit

Croll

Tershy

et al. 2017

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Many neglected tropical zoonotic pathogens are maintained by introduced mammals, and on islands the most common introduced species are rodents, cats, and dogs. Management of introduced mammals, including control or eradication of feral populations, which is frequently done for ecological restoration, could also reduce or eliminate the pathogens these animals carry. Understanding the burden of these zoonotic diseases is crucial for quantifying the potential public health benefits of introduced mammal management. However, epidemiological data are only available from a small subset of islands where these introduced mammals co-occur with people. We examined socioeconomic and climatic variables as predictors for disease burdens of angiostrongyliasis, leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, toxocariasis, and rabies from 57 islands or island countries. We found strong correlates of disease burden for leptospirosis, Toxoplasma gondii infection, angiostrongyliasis, and toxocariasis with more than 50% of the variance explained, and an average of 57% (range = 32-95%) predictive accuracy on out-of-sample data. We used these relationships to provide estimates of leptospirosis incidence and T. gondii seroprevalence infection on islands where nonnative rodents and cats are present. These predicted estimates of disease burden could be used in an initial assessment of whether the costs of managing introduced mammal reservoirs might be less than the costs of perpetual treatment of these diseases on islands.

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Canine ecology and socioeconomic factors associated with dogs unvaccinated against rabies in a Mexican city across the US–Mexico border

Cited by 59 publications

References 5 publications

Size and demography pattern of the domestic dog population in Bhutan: Implications for dog population management and disease control

Size and demography pattern of the domestic dog population in Bhutan: Implications for dog population management and disease control

Epidemiologic Trends of Rabies in Domestic Animals in Southern Thailand, 1994–2008

Estimating Burdens of Neglected Tropical Zoonotic Diseases on Islands with Introduced Mammals

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