Evaluation of dog population in an urban area of Southeastern Brazil
Planning control programs, for diseases such as rabies requires information on the size and structure of the dog and cat population. In order to evaluate the dog population of the urban area of Araçatuba city, S. Paulo State, Brazil, a survey was conducted using a questionnaire to interview members...
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| author | Cáris M. Nunes Dejanira de A. Martines Stélios Fikaris Luzia H. Queiróz |
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| description | Planning control programs, for diseases such as rabies requires information on the size and structure of the dog and cat population. In order to evaluate the dog population of the urban area of Araçatuba city, S. Paulo State, Brazil, a survey was conducted using a questionnaire to interview members of households. Eighty-eight districts were visited (37,778 houses) and the interview was possible at 77.93% of these. Human population size evaluated was 113,157 inhabitants. Houses that owned animals represented 55.2%, 26,926 of the animals concerned were dogs and 5,755 were cats. Of the dogs, 56.64% were 1-4 year olds and males represented 56.2% of the total population. Dog: person ratio was estimated at 2.8 dogs to every 10 persons, almost 3 times the ratio hitherto estimated and used in the planning of rabies vaccination campaigns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21db5644bb4d496bab13b668704726c22022-12-21T20:14:45ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista de Saúde Pública0034-89101518-8787313308309S0034-89101997000300013Evaluation of dog population in an urban area of Southeastern BrazilCáris M. Nunes0Dejanira de A. Martines1Stélios Fikaris2Luzia H. Queiróz3Universidade Estadual do Estado de São PauloPrefeitura MunicipalPrefeitura MunicipalUniversidade Estadual do Estado de São PauloPlanning control programs, for diseases such as rabies requires information on the size and structure of the dog and cat population. In order to evaluate the dog population of the urban area of Araçatuba city, S. Paulo State, Brazil, a survey was conducted using a questionnaire to interview members of households. Eighty-eight districts were visited (37,778 houses) and the interview was possible at 77.93% of these. Human population size evaluated was 113,157 inhabitants. Houses that owned animals represented 55.2%, 26,926 of the animals concerned were dogs and 5,755 were cats. Of the dogs, 56.64% were 1-4 year olds and males represented 56.2% of the total population. Dog: person ratio was estimated at 2.8 dogs to every 10 persons, almost 3 times the ratio hitherto estimated and used in the planning of rabies vaccination campaigns.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101997000300013&lng=en&tlng=endogsurban populationrabies |
| spellingShingle | Cáris M. Nunes Dejanira de A. Martines Stélios Fikaris Luzia H. Queiróz Evaluation of dog population in an urban area of Southeastern Brazil Revista de Saúde Pública dogs urban population rabies |
| title | Evaluation of dog population in an urban area of Southeastern Brazil |
| title_full | Evaluation of dog population in an urban area of Southeastern Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of dog population in an urban area of Southeastern Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of dog population in an urban area of Southeastern Brazil |
| title_short | Evaluation of dog population in an urban area of Southeastern Brazil |
| title_sort | evaluation of dog population in an urban area of southeastern brazil |
| topic | dogs urban population rabies |
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