Attitudes towards free-roaming dogs and dog ownership practices in Bulgaria, Italy, and Ukraine

LM Smith, R Quinnell, A Munteanu, S Hartmann… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Free-roaming dog population management is conducted to mitigate risks to public health,
livestock losses, wildlife conservation, and dog health and welfare. This study aimed to …

Size, demography, ownership profiles, and identification rate of the owned dog population in central Italy

A Carvelli, P Scaramozzino, F Iacoponi, R Condoleo… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The One Health paradigm recognizes that information on infectious diseases, zoonosis and
related predictors in animal populations is essential. Pets live in close contact with humans …

Knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAP) and control of rabies among community households and health practitioners at the human-wildlife interface in Limpopo National …

M Mapatse, C Sabeta, J Fafetine… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that kills more than 26,000 people each year
in Africa. In Mozambique, poverty and inadequate surveillance result in gross …

A Cross-sectional study of knowledge on ownership, zoonoses and practices among pet owners in Northern Portugal

B do Vale, AP Lopes, MC Fontes, M Silvestre… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pet ownership is common in most countries, but few published studies
have addressed pet owners' knowledge of zoonoses, pet contact practices, or awareness of …

National dog survey: describing UK dog and ownership demographics

KL Anderson, RA Casey, B Cooper, MM Upjohn… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Dog ownership is common in the United Kingdom; however, current dog
ownership demography data are lacking. Understanding our pet dog population is …

Stray dog population in a city of southern Mexico and its impact on the contamination of public areas

GR Cortez-Aguirre, M Jiménez-Coello… - Veterinary medicine …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To assess the risk of zoonotic pathogen transmission as function of stray dog presence and
health status, a cross‐sectional study was carried out in a large city of southern Mexico that …

The influence of poverty and rabies knowledge on healthcare seeking behaviors and dog ownership, Cameroon

G Barbosa Costa, A Gilbert, B Monroe, J Blanton… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Rabies is a fatal encephalitis caused by lyssaviruses, with most human cases
worldwide resulting from rabid dog bites. Although effective animal and human vaccines …

Tus mejores amigos pueden ser tus peores enemigos: impacto de los gatos y perros domésticos en países megadiversos

M Orduña-Villaseñor, D Valenzuela-Galván… - Revista mexicana de …, 2023 - scielo.org.mx
Los gatos y perros domésticos son las mascotas preferidas del hombre, por lo que se han
convertido en especies invasoras y los carnívoros más abundantes del planeta. A pesar de …

Heterogeneity in dog population characteristics contributes to chronic under-vaccination against rabies in Guatemala

D Moran, D Alvarez, L Cadena, J Cleaton… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Guatemala has held dog rabies mass vaccination campaigns countrywide since 1984, yet
the virus remains endemic. To eliminate dog-mediated human rabies, dog vaccination …

Evaluation of dynamics, demography and estimation of free-roaming dog population in Herat City, Afghanistan

Z Nasiry, M Mazlan, MM Noordin, MA Mohd Lila - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Understanding the demography, population size, and dynamics of free-
roaming dogs (FRD) is essential for developing an effective dog-population-management …