Vaccination coverage and epidemiological parameters of the owned-dog population in Thungsong District, Thailand

Kongkaew, Wandee; Coleman, Paul; Pfeiffer, Dirk U.; Antarasena, Chongmas; Thiptara, Anyarat

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.05.009

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“…The main reason for keeping dog(s) in rural areas were for guarding crops, home premises or livestock comparing to companionship in urban areas, thus the dogs in rural areas are more likely to roam. Similar studies have reported comparable findings in other countries (Butler and Bingham, 2000;Kitala et al, 2001;Flores-Ibarra and Estrella-Valenzuella, 2004;Kongkaew et al, 2004;Suzuki et al, 2008;Acosta-Jamett et al, 2010).…”

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“…This study showed that the main source of dogs were acquisition from friends or family free of cost, which is similar to that found in other countries (Kitala et al, 2001;Flores-Ibarra and Estrella-Valenzuella, 2004;Kongkaew et al, 2004;Ortega-Pacheco et al, 2007;Suzuki et al, 2008;Acosta-Jamett et al, 2010). It is also encouraging to note that a high proportion of dogs were adopted from the street in both rural (28.1%) and urban (25.6%) areas.…”

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“…Through such surveys the proportion of households that own dogs and the mean number of dogs owned by these dog owning households can be determined to estimate the size of the owned dog population. For instance, the proportion of households that own dogs has been studied in numerous countries, including Sri Lanka (rural 57%) (Matter et al, 2000), Thailand (73.7%) (Kongkaew et al, 2004), Chile (rural 89%, towns 63% and cities 49%) (Acosta-Jamett et al, 2010), Zimbabwe (rural 62%) (Butler and Bingham, 2000) and Mexico (urban 54%) (Flores-Ibarra and EstrellaValenzuella, 2004). These studies have also estimated the mean number of dogs per dog owning household in the range of 1.2 to 3.2.…”

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Size and demography pattern of the domestic dog population in Bhutan: Implications for dog population management and disease control

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“…Acosta-Jamett et al, 2010;Kongkaew et al, 2004), but are prone to biases (Downes et al, 2013) and may be logistically difficult and costly. Other studies to estimate population sizes have applied mark-resight methods (Totton et al, 2010).…”

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Evaluation of methods for short-term marking of domestic dogs for rabies control

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Koman

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Rabies transmitted by domestic dogs is a serious yet neglected public health threat in many underserved communities in Africa and Asia. Achieving 70% vaccination coverage in dog populations through annual mass vaccination campaigns is an effective means of controlling the disease in these communities. Evaluating the extent to which this target coverage is achieved requires either accurate pre-campaign estimates of the dog population size or accurate estimates of the coverage attained by conducting post-vaccination surveys. Short-term marking of dogs by applying visible marks may be useful to achieve these estimates, but will be affected by the performance of the marking methods. We evaluated the longevity and visibility of two readily-available livestock marking methods applied to owned, free roaming dogs.We applied two types of marks (spray and crayon) with three different colours (red, blue and green) to each of 21 dogs and compared the time of persistence of the marks over several weeks. Two independent observers assessed the visibility and colour of the marks. Each dog was observed over 2 eight to 37 days (median: 28 days). Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and semi-parametric log-rank tests were performed separately for both observers. Spray marks remained visible significantly longer (median of 24 days for both observers) compared with crayon marks (medians of 10 and 13 days). After 10 days, 90% of spray marks were still visible, compared with only 46% of crayon marks.Visibility of marks was reduced in darker-coloured dogs. Colours of marks were frequently misclassified, and agreement between observers on the colours of the marks was low (Cohen's kappa coefficient = 0.27).The livestock marker spray can effectively be used to mark dogs that are physically restrained, for example during vaccination campaigns. Resight surveys should be conducted within a short a time as possible after marking; however, our results suggest that loss of marks will not have a significant impact if surveys are conducted within 5-7 days after marking with the spray. Results that depend on observers' abilities to distinguish between the three colours which we evaluated may not be reliable.

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“…Подробное описание населения собак дает возможность оценить ситуа-цию по антропозоонозным инфекциям и инвазиям и спланировать профилактиче-ские мероприятия. Такой подход был ис-пользован при исследовании бешенства в Танзании (Kaare, Cleaveland, 1996;Gsell et al, 2012), Кении (Kitala et al, 2001), Таиланде (Kongkaew et al, 2004), Шри-Ланке (Kumarapeli, Awerbuch-Friedlander, 2009). …”

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Demographic Description of Domestic Dogs Population (Omsk, Russia)

Makenov¹,

Бекова²

2015

J. Sib. Fed. Univ., Biol.

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Vaccination coverage and epidemiological parameters of the owned-dog population in Thungsong District, Thailand

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Size and demography pattern of the domestic dog population in Bhutan: Implications for dog population management and disease control

Size and demography pattern of the domestic dog population in Bhutan: Implications for dog population management and disease control

Evaluation of methods for short-term marking of domestic dogs for rabies control

Demographic Description of Domestic Dogs Population (Omsk, Russia)

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