The Changing Rate of Suspected Rabies Bites after Begin to Act Animal Shelter in Erzurum City

Vançelik, Serhat; Set, Turan; Aktürk, Zekeriya; Calikoglu, Oksan; Koşan, Zahide

doi:10.5152/eajm.2014.49

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“…For example, the successful impact of sterilization and release programs on reductions in rabies cases ( 39 ) is most likely due to the impact of dog vaccination and community engagement, not sterilization. While the establishment of a shelter in Erzurum City in Turkey has been credited with a 30% reduction in the number of bites from rabies suspect dogs ( 89 ), this shelter was primarily sterilizing, vaccinating, and then releasing free-roaming dogs, and the impact on rabies could be due to the vaccination component. A pilot program using Esterilsol TM on male dogs in Raipura Island, Bangladesh was found to be flawed as it also involved extensive use of culling ( 90 ).…”

Section: Do Dpm Tools Have a Measurable Impact In Canine Rabies-endemmentioning

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The Role of Dog Population Management in Rabies Elimination—A Review of Current Approaches and Future Opportunities

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Free-roaming dogs and rabies transmission are integrally linked across many low-income countries, and large unmanaged dog populations can be daunting to rabies control program planners. Dog population management (DPM) is a multifaceted concept that aims to improve the health and well-being of free-roaming dogs, reduce problems they may cause, and may also aim to reduce dog population size. In theory, DPM can facilitate more effective rabies control. Community engagement focused on promoting responsible dog ownership and better veterinary care could improve the health of individual animals and dog vaccination coverage, thus reducing rabies transmission. Humane DPM tools, such as sterilization, could theoretically reduce dog population turnover and size, allowing rabies vaccination coverage to be maintained more easily. However, it is important to understand local dog populations and community attitudes toward them in order to determine whether and how DPM might contribute to rabies control and which DPM tools would be most successful. In practice, there is very limited evidence of DPM tools achieving reductions in the size or turnover of dog populations in canine rabies-endemic areas. Different DPM tools are frequently used together and combined with rabies vaccinations, but full impact assessments of DPM programs are not usually available, and therefore, evaluation of tools is difficult. Surgical sterilization is the most frequently documented tool and has successfully reduced dog population size and turnover in a few low-income settings. However, DPM programs are mostly conducted in urban settings and are usually not government funded, raising concerns about their applicability in rural settings and sustainability over time. Technical demands, costs, and the time necessary to achieve population-level impacts are major barriers. Given their potential value, we urgently need more evidence of the effectiveness of DPM tools in the context of canine rabies control. Cheaper, less labor-intensive tools for dog sterilization will be extremely valuable in realizing the potential benefits of reduced population turnover and size. No one DPM tool will fit all situations, but if DPM objectives are achieved dog populations may be stabilized or even reduced, facilitating higher dog vaccination coverages that will benefit rabies elimination efforts.

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The Role of Dog Population Management in Rabies Elimination—A Review of Current Approaches and Future Opportunities

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“…The main source of exposures in the city was cats, and the stray cat population in the city center seems high because animal shelters are commonly used for dogs. 17 However, applications from rural areas are more common in the eastern part of the country. 15 Animal contact also has a seasonal tendency; most events occur in summer because school children and all age groups spend more time outdoors during this period.…”

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“…Stray animals should be under the control of local authorities (e.g., municipalities, veterinary institutions) and should be vaccinated regularly. Animal shelters that are suitable for all animals, especially for stray cats, can be a good solution to reduce the number of suspected contacts as mentioned in Erzincan.. 17 Vaccination programs for wildlife animals should be followed regularly. Vaccination of stray animals, especially dogs, has been reported to be the most cost effective and constitutive way of human rabies prevention.…”

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The Story of Post-exposure Rabies Prophylaxis at the Pediatric Emergency Department

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2020

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

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Objectives This study aimed to determine the epidemiological and medical features of suspected rabies exposures at a pediatric emergency department in a small city center in middle-northern Turkey. Methods Data were abstracted from a standard “Rabies Suspected Animal Contact Cases Examination Form.” The following information was recorded: sociodemographic and clinical features of the victim, history of rabies vaccination, date of event, time to hospital administration, animal species and its vaccination history with owner records, type of suspected contact, wound care, tetanus prophylaxis, rabies vaccination, and forensic notifications. Immunoprophylaxis was determined as “appropriate” or “inappropriate” in accordance with the Rabies Field Guideline (2014). Discussion A total of 306 cases were evaluated at the emergency department of the hospital. The age of the victims ranged between 1.5 and 17 years old, and 61.4% of them were males. Cat scratches were the most common source of suspected rabies exposure. Meanwhile, primary wound care and tetanus immunoprophylaxis were the frequent inappropriate medical applications. Rabies prophylaxis was completed in 76.5% of the cases. However, forensic notifications were missing. In addition, the rate of animal immunization was lower than it should be. Conclusion Our city is rabies free; however, risky exposures are frequent among children. Lack of knowledge about first aid and animal vaccination is revealed to be a major public health problem. Health care workers should follow current guidelines to provide a holistic approach to the treatment of potential rabies exposures.

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“…Small scale safety trials of GonaCon given along with rabies vaccinations have been completed in female dogs in Mexico [104] and on an American Indian reservation in the US [105], but there are as yet no data on its effects on fertility. However, until such a permanent sterilizing agent becomes available, a safe and effective sterilant that lasted even 2-4 years could still be very beneficial to animal welfare and rabies control [106].…”

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The Role of Canine Surgical Sterilization and Other Dog Population Management Strategies to Complement Rabies Prevention and Control Programs

Dugassa¹,

Fromsa²,

Wirtu³

2020

JAH

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Purpose: To assess the role of canine surgical sterilization and other dog population management strategies to complement rabies prevention and control programs. Findings: Rabies is highly fatal viral anthropozoonotic disease which is caused by virus of the genus Lyssavirus and transmitted from rabid animals to humans by bite or scratch from rabid animals. Rabies is preventable and controllable disease through integration of one or more animal population control and vaccination methods. However, the primary focus of a rabies control program in dogs is vaccination by implementation of mass dog vaccination aiming for 70% vaccination in order to promote and maintain levels of protection above thresh hold between campaigns which consequently reduces ongoing transmission. Not only these but also, interlinking of one or more of other DPM tools such as prevention and control of reproduction, acceptable euthanisation, surgical sterilization, education and legislation of responsible dog ownership can create effective DPM programs. In developing country the integration of animal birth control and vaccination is not at grass root level so well coordination of veterinarians, human health professionals and other stake holders are vital.

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The Changing Rate of Suspected Rabies Bites after Begin to Act Animal Shelter in Erzurum City

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The Role of Dog Population Management in Rabies Elimination—A Review of Current Approaches and Future Opportunities

The Role of Dog Population Management in Rabies Elimination—A Review of Current Approaches and Future Opportunities

The Story of Post-exposure Rabies Prophylaxis at the Pediatric Emergency Department

The Role of Canine Surgical Sterilization and Other Dog Population Management Strategies to Complement Rabies Prevention and Control Programs

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