Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs

Parasites & Vectors

Filipe Dantas-Torres¹  Séverine Tasker²  Gerhard Dobler³  Maxime Madder⁴  Barbara Kohn⁵  SungShik Shin⁶  Michael J. Day⁷  Peter Irwin⁷  Lluis Ferrer⁸  Laia Solano-Gallego⁸  Dwight D. Bowman⁹  Michael Lappin^1,10  Edward B. Breitschwerdt^1,11  Ricardo G. Maggi^1,11  Susan Little^1,12  Andrew Peregrine^1,13  Gaetano Oliva^1,14  Domenico Otranto^1,15  Luís Cardoso^1,16  Maria Grazia Pennisi^1,17  Barend L. Penzhorn^1,18  Frans Jongejan^1,18  Patrick Bourdeau^1,19  Guadalupe Miró^2,20  Angel Sainz^2,20  Carla Maia^2,21  Xavier Roura^2,22  Volkhard A. J. Kempf^2,23  Martin Pfeffer^2,24  Luigi Gradoni^2,25  Gioia Capelli^2,26  Gad Baneth^2,27  Torsten Naucke^2,28  Reinhard K. Straubinger^2,29  Rebecca Traub^3,30  Mary Marcondes^3,31  Ian Wright^3,32  Friederike Krämer^3,33 

[1] Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife, Brazil;Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK;Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany;Clinglobal, Tamarin, Mauritius;Clinic of Small Animals, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany;College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea;College of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia;Department Animal Medicine and Surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain;Department Microbiology & Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA;Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA;Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA;Department of Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA;Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada;Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy;Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy;Department of Veterinary Sciences and Animal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal;Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy;Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa;Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Nantes, France;Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal;Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany;Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany;Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy;Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy;Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel;LABOKLIN GmbH, Bad Kissingen, Germany;Lehrstuhl für Bakteriologie und Mykologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany;Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia;School of Veterinary Medicine, São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil;The Mount Veterinary Practice, Fleetwood, UK;TransMIT GmbH, Giessen, Germany;

关键词: Relocation;    Canine;    Importation;    Animal welfare;    Zoonosis;    Parasites;    Prevention;    Adoption;    Shelter;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13071-020-04407-5

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

The Companion Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD) World Forum is a working group of leading international experts who meet annually to evaluate current scientific findings and future trends concerning the distribution, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and prevention of vector-borne infections of dogs and cats. At the 14th Symposium of the CVBD World Forum in Trieste, Italy (March 25–28, 2019), we identified the need to (i) bring attention to the potential spread of parasites and vectors with relocated dogs, and (ii) provide advice to the veterinary profession regarding the importance of surveillance and treatment for parasites and vector-borne infections when rehoming dogs. This letter shares a consensus statement from the CVBD World Forum as well as a summary of the problem faced, including the role of veterinary professionals in parasite surveillance, causal issues, and the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation in addressing the problem. To limit opportunities for dissemination of parasites and vectors, whenever possible, underlying problems creating the need for dog rehoming should be addressed. However, when it is necessary to rehome dogs, this should ideally take place in the country and national region of origin. When geographically distant relocation occurs, veterinary professionals have a vital role to play in public education, vigilance for detection of exotic vectors and infections, and alerting the medical community to the risk(s) for pathogen spread. With appropriate veterinary intervention, dog welfare needs can be met without inadvertently allowing global spread of parasites and their vectors.

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