Canine leishmaniosis in the UK

Shaw, Susan E.; Langton, D. A.; Hillman, T.

doi:10.1136/vr.163.8.253-d

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“…Previously to this study 693 cases of leishmaniosis were reported in dogs imported and/or resident in the United Kingdom (Nash, 1993;Manser, 2004;Anonymous, 2008). These data confirm that a potentially significant reservoir of infected dogs is resident in areas where future climatic conditions may support the introduction of competent vectors (Shaw et al, 2008(Shaw et al, , 2009). The pet travel scheme (PETS), introduced in 2000, has facilitated the movement of dogs from the European Union continental endemic countries to the United Kingdom (Shaw et al, 2003;Manser, 2004).…”

Section: Canl In Non-endemic European Countriessupporting

confidence: 59%

“…Three affected dogs with no history of travel were obtained from re-homing centres in the United Kingdom. The spectrum of clinicopathological signs in certain dogs was similar to that reported in endemic countries (Shaw et al, 2008(Shaw et al, , 2009). Previously to this study 693 cases of leishmaniosis were reported in dogs imported and/or resident in the United Kingdom (Nash, 1993;Manser, 2004;Anonymous, 2008).…”

Section: Canl In Non-endemic European Countriessupporting

confidence: 51%

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Spread of Leishmania infantum in Europe with dog travelling

Maia

Cardoso

2015

Veterinary Parasitology

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Section: Canl In Non-endemic European Countriessupporting

confidence: 59%

Section: Canl In Non-endemic European Countriessupporting

confidence: 51%

Spread of Leishmania infantum in Europe with dog travelling

Maia

Cardoso

2015

Veterinary Parasitology

107

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“…Canine leishmaniasis has been reported in three dogs obtained from UK rehoming centres with no known travel history (Shaw et al . ). The authors suggested that importation of infected dogs could be providing a reservoir of infection.…”

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confidence: 97%

Infectious agent screening in canine blood donors in the United Kingdom

Crawford

Walton

Lewis

et al. 2013

J of Small Animal Practice

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The positive results on initial screening may have represented false positives from sample contamination or amplification of non-target DNA. It is also possible that dogs were infected at initial sampling but successfully cleared infection before repeat testing. The low number of positive results obtained suggests that prevalence of these agents in a population of healthy UK dogs is low and that use of blood products is unlikely to represent a significant risk of transmission of these diseases.

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“…However, from 2001 to 2011, only 109 reports were received for these four diseases in dogs. Given that Bristol University reported 257 cases of canine leishmaniosis in the UK between 2005 and 2007 [ 187 ], this suggests heavy under-reporting to DACTARI of the true exotic disease burden.…”

Section: Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Approaches to canine health surveillance

O’Neill

Church

McGreevy

et al. 2014

Canine Genet Epidemiol

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Effective canine health surveillance systems can be used to monitor disease in the general population, prioritise disorders for strategic control and focus clinical research, and to evaluate the success of these measures. The key attributes for optimal data collection systems that support canine disease surveillance are representativeness of the general population, validity of disorder data and sustainability. Limitations in these areas present as selection bias, misclassification bias and discontinuation of the system respectively. Canine health data sources are reviewed to identify their strengths and weaknesses for supporting effective canine health surveillance. Insurance data benefit from large and well-defined denominator populations but are limited by selection bias relating to the clinical events claimed and animals covered. Veterinary referral clinical data offer good reliability for diagnoses but are limited by referral bias for the disorders and animals included. Primary-care practice data have the advantage of excellent representation of the general dog population and recording at the point of care by veterinary professionals but may encounter misclassification problems and technical difficulties related to management and analysis of large datasets. Questionnaire surveys offer speed and low cost but may suffer from low response rates, poor data validation, recall bias and ill-defined denominator population information. Canine health scheme data benefit from well-characterised disorder and animal data but reflect selection bias during the voluntary submissions process. Formal UK passive surveillance systems are limited by chronic under-reporting and selection bias. It is concluded that active collection systems using secondary health data provide the optimal resource for canine health surveillance.

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Canine leishmaniosis in the UK

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

Spread of Leishmania infantum in Europe with dog travelling

Spread of Leishmania infantum in Europe with dog travelling

Infectious agent screening in canine blood donors in the United Kingdom

Approaches to canine health surveillance

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