Current status of rabies and prospects for elimination

AR Fooks, AC Banyard, DL Horton, N Johnson… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Rabies is one of the most deadly infectious diseases, with a case-fatality rate approaching
100%. The disease is established on all continents apart from Antarctica; most cases are …

A review of the interactions between free-roaming domestic dogs and wildlife

J Hughes, DW Macdonald - Biological conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
Negative impacts from the presence of domestic animals pose particular issues for
biodiversity conservation as they are intimately tied to the economic, social and political …

The epidemiology and public health importance of toxocariasis: a zoonosis of global importance

CNL Macpherson - International journal for parasitology, 2013 - Elsevier
Toxocariasis, caused by infection with larvae of Toxocara canis, and to a lesser extent by
Toxocara cati and other ascaridoid species, manifests in humans in a range of clinical …

The role of dog population management in rabies elimination—a review of current approaches and future opportunities

LH Taylor, RM Wallace, D Balaram… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
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 …

The effectiveness of dog population management: a systematic review

LM Smith, S Hartmann, AM Munteanu, P Dalla Villa… - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Domestic dogs are abundant worldwide—as owned pets, unowned strays,
and feral animals. High numbers of free-roaming dogs can be a concern because of the …

Elimination of dog-mediated human rabies deaths by 2030: needs assessment and alternatives for progress based on dog vaccination

RM Wallace, EA Undurraga, JD Blanton… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background Rabies imposes a substantial burden to about half of the world population. The
World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal Health, and the Food and …

Evidence‐based control of canine rabies: a critical review of population density reduction

MK Morters, O Restif, K Hampson… - Journal of animal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Control measures for canine rabies include vaccination and reducing population density
through culling or sterilization. Despite the evidence that culling fails to control canine …

Canine Conundrum: domestic dogs as an invasive species and their impacts on wildlife in India

C Home, YV Bhatnagar, AT Vanak - Animal Conservation, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Domestic dogs are increasingly being recognized as a conservation threat for native
species. In many places, their impacts may be as severe as other invasive predators such as …

The demography of free‐roaming dog populations and applications to disease and population control

MK Morters, TJ McKinley, O Restif… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the demography of domestic dog populations is essential for effective
disease control, particularly of canine‐mediated rabies. Demographic data are also needed …

Desexing dogs: a review of the current literature

SR Urfer, M Kaeberlein - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Desexing is a general term for interventions suppressing fertility in dogs,
most commonly by surgically removing the testes or ovaries (“gonadectomy”). Desexing is …