Dog culling and replacement in an area endemic for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorNunes, Caris Maroni [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorFelix de Lima, Valeria Marcal [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorde Paula, Henrique Borges [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorVenturoli Perri, Silvia Helena [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorde Andrade, Andrea Maria
dc.contributor.authorFerreira Dias, Francisca Elda
dc.contributor.authorBurattini, Marcelo Nascimento
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionCtr Zoonosis Control
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T15:32:01Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T15:32:01Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-06
dc.description.abstractMeasures employed to control visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil have focused on vector control by residual insecticide spraying and diagnosis of infection with elimination of positive dogs. We describe dog culling and replacement in a Brazilian endemic area (the Alvorada District, Aracatuba, SP) in order to better understand dog population dynamics when elimination of the dog reservoir is adopted as the main control measure. From August 2002 to July 2004, 60.9% of the estimated dog population for the area was culled with a mean age of 34 months old. The presence of anti-Leishmania sp. antibodies was recorded for only 26.7% of the euthanized canines. Replacement was observed in 38.8% of the cases, some of them by 2 or more dogs and in a mean time of 4 months. Dogs were replaced mostly by puppies of both sexes with a mean age of 6.8 months. From August 2002 to April 2005 we were able to follow-up 116 of these dogs, during a mean time of 8.7 months. Canine visceral leishmaniasis seropositivity by ELISA was observed in 42.2% of the followed dogs, 30.6% of which were already positive at the first evaluation. By the end of the follow-up period 37% of the dogs were submitted to euthanasia, with a mean age of 18.3 months. In the studied CVL endemic area of Brazil, euthanasia and the subsequent replacement ratio were high, increasing the dog population turnover and leading to a younger population that might be more susceptible to a variety of other infectious diseases in addition to CVL. Dog culling as a control strategy for VL should be reassessed. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv São Paulo, UNESP, BR-16050680 Aracatuba, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationCtr Zoonosis Control, BR-16050470 Aracatuba, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationFed Univ Tocantins, UFT, BR-77904970 Palmas, Tocantis, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv São Paulo, Fac Med, USP, BR-01246903 São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv São Paulo, UNESP, BR-16050680 Aracatuba, SP, Brazil
dc.format.extent19-23
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.005
dc.identifier.citationVeterinary Parasitology. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 153, n. 1-2, p. 19-23, 2008.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.005
dc.identifier.issn0304-4017
dc.identifier.lattes1892359871207408
dc.identifier.lattes0810837598202634
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/41017
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000255666600005
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartofVeterinary Parasitology
dc.relation.ispartofjcr2.422
dc.relation.ispartofsjr1,275
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectcanine visceral leishmaniasisen
dc.subjectdog cullingen
dc.subjectdog replacementen
dc.titleDog culling and replacement in an area endemic for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/article-posting-policy
dcterms.rightsHolderElsevier B.V.
unesp.author.lattes1892359871207408[1]
unesp.author.lattes0810837598202634
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-5083-5557[4]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-5407-6890[7]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-5463-3845[1]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Araçatubapt

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