Questionnaire survey on Canine Leishmaniosis in southeastern Spain

Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío; Del Río Alonso, Laura; Martínez Carrasco-Pleite, Carlos; Segovia, M.; Cox, J.; Davies, C.; Berriatua Fernández de Larrea, Eduardo

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Questionnaire survey on Canine Leishmaniosis in southeastern Spain

dc.contributor.author	Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío
dc.contributor.author	Del Río Alonso, Laura
dc.contributor.author	Martínez Carrasco-Pleite, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Segovia, M.
dc.contributor.author	Cox, J.
dc.contributor.author	Davies, C.
dc.contributor.author	Berriatua Fernández de Larrea, Eduardo
dc.contributor.department	Sanidad Animal
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-09T09:04:23Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-09T09:04:23Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description	© 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This document is the, Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Veterinary Parasitology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.06.013
dc.description.abstract	A veterinary practitioner’s questionnaire survey on Canine Leishmaniosis (CanL) was carried out in southeast Spain to provide information on disease incidence, diagnosis and recommended preventive measures. A third of 101 responding veterinarians reported seeing more than 20 CanL cases during the previous year and clinical signs considered frequent or very frequent included weight loss, areas of exfoliative dermatitis, lymphadenomegaly, kidney dysfunction, onychogryphosis, cutaneous ulcers, anaemia, asthenia and apathy. Almost a third of veterinarians reported diagnosing CanL solely on the basis of lack of response to treatment for other chronic illnesses. The frequency of individual signs did not always reflect their diagnostic value. Themajority of veterinarians, considered lymphadenomegaly, exfoliative dermatitis, onychogryphosis, weight loss and epistaxis to be the best disease indicators. However, up to 93% of veterinarians reported using laboratory tests to confirm infection, including indirect (biochemical and antibody assays) and direct (PCR and microscopy) methods. Among recommended measures to prevent CanL, insecticide impregnated collars and topical spot-on capsules were prescribed by 92% and 74% of respondents; however, at least 11% of veterinarians believed existing CanL preventive measures were ineffective. Multivariable statistical analysis indicated that seeing more than 20 CanL cases during the previous year was independently associated with being located in Alicante province, having a rural clientele and recognising that dogs with no other sign but a lack of response to other chronic disease treatments may be infected with CanL. There was a weak association between CanL incidence and rainfall in the months prior to typical sandfly peak abundance.	es
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.06.013
dc.identifier.eisbn	Veterinary Parasitology 164 (2009) 124–133	es
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 0304-4017
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/140622
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Elsevier B.V.
dc.relation	This research received partial funding by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Instituto de Salud Carlos III within the Network of Tropical Diseases Research (RICET RD06/0021) and by the EU grant GOCE 2003-010284 EDEN	es
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dc.subject	Leishmania	es
dc.subject	Dogs	es
dc.subject	Clinical	es
dc.subject	Prevention	es
dc.subject	Questionnaire	es
dc.subject	Spain	es
dc.title	Questionnaire survey on Canine Leishmaniosis in southeastern Spain	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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