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CULLING DOGS FOR ZOONOTIC VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS CONTROL: THE WIND OF CHANGE
Dantas-Torres, Filipe et al. | Date Issued: 2019
Author
Dantas-Torres, Filipe
Miró, Guadalupe
Bowman, Dwight D.
Gradoni, Luigi
Otranto, Domenico
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Imunologia. Recife, PE, Brasil / Università degli Studi di Bari. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária. Bari, Itália.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Veterinary Faculty. Animal Health Department. Madrid, Spain.
Cornell University. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Ithaca, New York, USA.
Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Unit of Vector-borne Diseases. Department of Infectious Diseases. Rome, Italy.
Università degli Studi di Bari. Department of Veterinary Medicine. Bari, Italy.
Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis, caused by Leishmania infantum, is a zoonosis, and culling seropositive dogs has been recommended to control the disease in some endemic countries. However, no scientific evidence supports the effectiveness of this strategy to reduce the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis. Economic and ethical issues concerning dog culling are discussed.
Keywords
Leishmania infantum
Canine leishmaniosis
Control
Culling
Dogs
Pyrethroids
Zoonosis
 
DeCS
Animais
Reservatórios de Doenças / parasitologia
Doenças do Cão / prevenção & controle
Cães
Eutanásia Animal / ética
Humanos
Leishmania infantum
Leishmaniose Visceral / prevenção & controle
Política Pública / tendências
Zoonoses / prevenção & controle
 
Citation
DANTAS-TORRES, Filipe et al. Culling Dogs for Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis Control: The Wind of Change. Trends in Parasitology, v. 35, n. 2, p. 97-101, 2019.
DOI
10.1016/j.pt.2018.11.005
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1471-4922