Impact of demographic characteristics in pet ownership: Modeling animal count according to owners income and age

Martins, Camila Marinelli; Mohamed, Ahmed; Guimarães, Ana Márcia Sá; Barros, Cristiane da Conceição de; Pampuch, Raquel dos Santos; Svoboda, Walfrido Kühl; Garcia, Rita de Cássia Maria; Ferreira, Fernando; Biondo, Alexander Welker

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.10.006

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“…Although similar results have been described in several Brazilian cities (ALVES et al, 2005;BRANCO et al, 2007;DOMINGOS et al, 2007;SERAFINI et al, 2008;CANATTO et al, 2012;MARTINS et al, 2013), it must be highlighted that all previous studies were done in cities that contained more than 100,000 residents. Nevertheless, similar results were also observed in Ireland (DOWNES et al, 2009), the Teramo Province of Italy (SLATER et al, 2008a), Texas, USA (RAMÓN et al, 2010), and Sydney, Australia (TORIBIO et al, 2009).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…While pet dog ownership in the city of São Paulo varied between 13-63.4%, due to the type of household of the owners (CANATTO et al, 2012). Pet ownership of cats was markedly different when compared to dogs, with only 4.9% (55/1,120) of households being owners of a pet cat; these results are below the 22.5% of pet cat ownership in Australia (TORIBIO et al, 2009), but are similar to the cat ownership obtained in other Brazilian cities, such as the 2.05-6.48% from Pinhais (MARTINS et al, 2013), and the 2.5-16.2% in São Paulo (CANATTO et al, 2012). Data from an investigation done in the city of Pinhais, Paraná state, southern Brazil (MARTINS et al, 2013) with a similar HDI (0.751) but a comparatively greater (117,008) population (IPARDES, 2013) relative to the city of Jaguapitã, has demonstrated that pet ownerships is more related to age rather than the economic status of the owner; these results are in accord with a study done in Texas (RAMÓN et al, 2010).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 47%

“…Pet ownership of cats was markedly different when compared to dogs, with only 4.9% (55/1,120) of households being owners of a pet cat; these results are below the 22.5% of pet cat ownership in Australia (TORIBIO et al, 2009), but are similar to the cat ownership obtained in other Brazilian cities, such as the 2.05-6.48% from Pinhais (MARTINS et al, 2013), and the 2.5-16.2% in São Paulo (CANATTO et al, 2012). Data from an investigation done in the city of Pinhais, Paraná state, southern Brazil (MARTINS et al, 2013) with a similar HDI (0.751) but a comparatively greater (117,008) population (IPARDES, 2013) relative to the city of Jaguapitã, has demonstrated that pet ownerships is more related to age rather than the economic status of the owner; these results are in accord with a study done in Texas (RAMÓN et al, 2010). These authors (MARTINS et al, 2013) have shown that owners of elevated social categories are more apt to have pet dogs and not cats relative to owners of the lower income levels, but the age of the household members seem to determine the possibility or not having a pet; individuals between 24-44 years of age are more likely to be owners of pets (RAMÓN et al, 2010).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 47%

“…However, pet population studies of some sort have been done primarily within the regions of Curitiba (BRANCO et al, 2007;SERAFINI et al, 2008;MARTINS et al, 2013), and northwestern regions (MOLENTO et al, 2007) of the state of Paraná, as well as in southeastern (CANATTO et al, 2012;MARTINEZ et al, 2013), northeastern Midwestern (DOMINGOS et al, 2007) regions of Brazil. These studies have investigated the population of pets residing in apartments (SERAFINI et al, 2008), urban (DIAS et al, 2004DOMINGOS et al, 2007;ROCHA et al, 2011;CANATTO et al, 2012;MARTINS et al, 2013) and rural (MARTINEZ et al, 2013) regions of major cities, and the effects of sterilization (MOLENTO et al, 2007) and ownership (MARTINS et al, 2013) on pets, and estimated the canine and feline populations (BRANCO et al, 2007).…”

Section: Demographic Surveys Of Pet Animals Have Been Realized In Difmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These studies have investigated the population of pets residing in apartments (SERAFINI et al, 2008), urban (DIAS et al, 2004DOMINGOS et al, 2007;ROCHA et al, 2011;CANATTO et al, 2012;MARTINS et al, 2013) and rural (MARTINEZ et al, 2013) regions of major cities, and the effects of sterilization (MOLENTO et al, 2007) and ownership (MARTINS et al, 2013) on pets, and estimated the canine and feline populations (BRANCO et al, 2007). However, no investigation relative to the dynamics of pet dogs and cats residing in small cities of Brazil was located in major databases.…”

Section: Demographic Surveys Of Pet Animals Have Been Realized In Difmentioning

confidence: 99%

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This study evaluated the population dynamics and ownerships of dogs and cats from the city of Jaguapitã, southern Brazil. The human to dog and cat ratios were 4.6 and 21.5, respectively. Comparatively more dogs (n=2,460) than cats (n=571) were within the households and there were significantly more male (55.8%; 679/1,217) dogs relative to females (44.2%; 538/1217). Most cats (69.2%; 180/260) did not received any antiparasitic medication, were not immunized against rabies (91.2%; 237/260) or any specific infectious disease (91.5%; 238/260). Less than half (40.8%; 106/260) of these was below oneyear-of age, but a significant number of cats was without any definite breed (81.2%; 211/260), and not spayed (93.5%; 243/260). Most dogs were of the mixed breed (69.5%; 846/1217), between one and four-years old (42.6%; 519/1217), and not spayed (96.3%; 1172/1,217). An elevated population of dogs received anthelminthic drugs (71%; 865/1,217), but most of these were not immunized against rabies (63.8% 777/1,217) or other infectious disease (58.6%; 713/1,217). Most (68.7%; 770/1,120) households were owners of a pet dog and/or cat; 54.4% (610/1,120) of these owned only dogs, 4.9% (55/1,120) were the owners of cats only, while 9.4% (105/1,120) owned pet dogs and cats. The results obtained are similar to those described in populated cities of Brazil and other countries. However, the free street access of pets associated with the reduced level of immunization against canine and feline infectious diseases coupled with the responsibility of ownership demonstrated by most residents make these animals highly susceptible to zoonotic and infectious diseases. Additionally, the free street access of unsprayed pets increases the risk of contact with other animals and the transmission of disease.

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