Epidemiologic investigation into characteristics of canine and feline population in a district close to a rural area in Cuiabá-MT, with a view to control of animal rabies

João Garcia Caramori Junior,Make Silva Kawatake,Katia Gouvea Sales,Aline Conceição Schmitt,Marco Antônio Da Silva Lubas,Julio Capilé Guedes

doi:10.1590/s0037-86822003000300017

Abstract

Questionnaires answered by 476 students (age 15-20 yrs) attending a local school in the neighborhood of Pedra 90 in Cuiabá -MT were analyzed in order to study the characteristics of feline and canine populations in the region. The results showed that 371 (78%) of the 476 families kept 513 dogs and 307 cats. Of 573 dogs, 289 (56.3%) were male and 224 (43.7%) were female. Of 307 cats, 182 (59.28%) were male and 125 (40.72%) were female. The owners of 474 (92.4%) dogs and 267 (86.9%) cats reported that their pets had been vaccinated against rabies.

Highlights

Questionnaires answered by 476 students attending a local school in the neighborhood of Pedra 90 in Cuiabá-MT were analyzed in order to study the characteristics of feline and canine populations in the region
Of 307 cats, 182 (59.28%) were male and 125 (40.72%) were female.The owners of 474 (92.4%) dogs and 267 (86.9%) cats reported that their pets had been vaccinated against rabies
Todas estas informações obtidas indicam que há uma necessidade de realizar um constante trabalho educativo neste local, pois vimos que tanto na população canina como na felina a castração é um ato praticamente descartado, ocasionando com isso um descontrole total destas populações e consequentemente dificultando as ações de controle da raiva urbana

Summary

Introduction

Questionnaires answered by 476 students (age 15-20 yrs) attending a local school in the neighborhood of Pedra 90 in Cuiabá-MT were analyzed in order to study the characteristics of feline and canine populations in the region. Países da América Latina, como Peru, Equador, México e Brasil, também ainda não conseguiram controlar a raiva urbana, na qual o cão representa a principal fonte de infecção. Entre várias regiões endêmicas do Brasil, Mato Grosso, mais precisamente a baixada cuiabana, apresenta elevado número de casos de raiva canina, pois segundo Blatt[2], de 1997 a 2000 foram registrados 1.103 casos de raiva canina e felina e o bairro Pedra 90, cuja localização é muito próxima à zona rural, assume posição de destaque no aparecimento desta enfermidade em Mato Grosso.

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