Socioeconomic, geographic and climatic risk factors for canine parvovirus infection and euthanasia in Australia
Field | Value | Language |
dc.contributor.author | Kelman, Mark | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Barrs, Vanessa R. | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Norris, Jacqueline M. | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Ward, Michael P. | en_AU |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-27 | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-27 | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2123/22410 | |
dc.description.abstract | Infection of canids with canine parvovirus (CPV) can result in severe, often fatal disease. This study aimed to examine climatic, socioeconomic and geographic risk factors for CPV infection and CPV-associated euthanasia in Australia. Australian veterinary hospital responses (534; 23.5 %) to a national veterinary survey of CPV case occurrences and euthanasias in 2016 were used. Severe caseloads (>40 cases per annum) were reported by 26 (11 %) hospitals (median 60 cases; IQR 50–110). Case reporting, case numbers, and without-treatment euthanasia were significantly associated with disadvantage across all Socio-Economic Index for Areas quintiles (p < 0.0001) – the greater the disadvantage, the more reports. Strong negative correlations were found between case numbers and the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (rSP = –0.3357, p < 0.0001) and also between euthanasia and the Index of Education and Occupation (rSP = –0.3762, p < 0.0001). Hospitals in more remote areas were also more likely to report cases and to euthanize without treatment (p < 0.0001). Of the climate variables, temperature of the hottest month was most strongly positively correlated with case numbers (rSP = 0.421, p < 0.0001), and lower annual rainfall was associated with more case-reporting hospitals (p < 0.0001). These results confirm that socioeconomic disadvantage is a significant risk-factor for CPV infection and outcome, and high temperature may also contribute to risk. | en_AU |
dc.language.iso | en | en_AU |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_AU |
dc.subject | Coronavirus | en_AU |
dc.title | Socioeconomic, geographic and climatic risk factors for canine parvovirus infection and euthanasia in Australia | en_AU |
dc.type | Article | en_AU |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104816 |
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