| Autor: |
Paulo Henrique Araújo Soares, Eduardo Sérgio da Silva, Klauber Menezes Penaforte, Renata Aparecida Nascimento Ribeiro, Marcella Oliveira Gama de Melo, Diogo Tavares Cardoso, Ingrid Morselli Santos, Raissa Cotta Machado, Clara Lemos Carneiro Trindade, Anna Karolyna Rodrigues Cunha, Rafael Gonçalves Teixeira-Neto, Saulo Nascimento de Melo, Vanessa Vilela de Aquino, Vinícius Silva Belo |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Veterinary Research, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1746-6148 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12917-022-03238-z |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Responsible companion animal guardianship (RCAG) comprises a set of concepts involving activities, behavior and care that guardians must provide to ensure the welfare of their animals. When such principles are disregarded, the risk of animals developing zoonotic diseases, such as canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL), increases. This disease is a public health problem in many urban settings in Brazil because dogs are the main reservoirs of Leishmania and are involved in the transmission of the parasites to humans. Our analytical cross-sectional epidemiological survey aimed to investigate the prevalence of CVL in a city in southeastern Brazil and to establish the association between the disease and a number of predictor variables including dog traits, socioeconomic status of guardians, ecological features of the domicile and RCAG. Results Our study showed that the global prevalence of CVL in the sample canine population was 6.7% (47/704). All variables related to better dog care were associated with lower chances of infection. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the chances of animals being seropositive for CVL were significantly (p |
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