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Vector-borne diseases--constant challenge for practicing veterinarians: recommendations from the CVBD World Forum (2012)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Baneth, Gad

Bourdeau, Patrick

Bourdoiseau, Gilles

Bowman, Dwight

Breitschwerdt, Edward

Capelli, Gioia

Cardoso, Luís

Dantas-Torres, Filipe

Day, Michael

Dedet, Jean-Pierre

Dobler, Gerhard

Ferrer, Lluís

Irwin, Peter

Kempf, Volkhard

Kohn, B. (WE 20)

Lappin, Michael

Little, Susan

Maggi, Ricardo

Miró, Guadalupe

Naucke, Torsten

Oliva, Gaetano

Otranto, Domenico

Penzhorn, Banie

Pfeffer, Martin

Roura, Xavier

Sainz, Angel

Shaw, Susan

Shin, SungShik

Solano-Gallego, Laia

Straubinger, Reinhard

Traub, Rebecca

Trees, Alexander

Truyen, Uwe

Demonceau, Thierry

Fitzgerald, Ronan

Gatti, Diego

Hostetler, Joe

Kilmer, Bruce

Krieger, Klemens

Mencke, Norbert

Mendão, Cláudio

Mottier, Lourdes

Pachnicke, Stefan

Rees, Bob

Siebert, Susanne

Stanneck, Dorothee

Mingote, Montserrat Tarancón

von Simson, Cristiano

Weston, Sarah

Quelle

Parasites & vectors

Bandzählung: 5

Seiten: 55

ISSN: 1756-3305

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): http://edocs.fu-berlin.de/docs/receive/FUDOCS_document_000000019788

DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-55

Pubmed: 22433172

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Abstract / Zusammenfassung

The human-animal bond has been a fundamental feature of mankind's history for millennia. The first, and strongest of these, man's relationship with the dog, is believed to pre-date even agriculture, going back as far as 30,000 years. It remains at least as powerful today. Fed by the changing nature of the interactions between people and their dogs worldwide and the increasing tendency towards close domesticity, the health of dogs has never played a more important role in family life. Thanks to developments in scientific understanding and diagnostic techniques, as well as changing priorities of pet owners, veterinarians are now able, and indeed expected, to play a fundamental role in the prevention and treatment of canine disease, including canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs).The CVBDs represent a varied and complex group of diseases, including anaplasmosis, babesiosis, bartonellosis, borreliosis, dirofilariosis, ehrlichiosis, leishmaniosis, rickettsiosis and thelaziosis, with new syndromes being uncovered every year. Many of these diseases can cause serious, even life-threatening clinical conditions in dogs, with a number having zoonotic potential, affecting the human population.Today, CVBDs pose a growing global threat as they continue their spread far from their traditional geographical and temporal restraints as a result of changes in both climatic conditions and pet dog travel patterns, exposing new populations to previously unknown infectious agents and posing unprecedented challenges to veterinarians.In response to this growing threat, the CVBD World Forum, a multidisciplinary group of experts in CVBDs from around the world which meets on an annual basis, gathered in Nice (France) in 2011 to share the latest research on CVBDs and discuss the best approaches to managing these diseases around the world.As a result of these discussions, we, the members of the CVBD Forum have developed the following recommendations to veterinarians for the management of CVBDs.