Vector-borne diseases of small companion animals in Namibia: Literature review, knowledge gaps and opportunity for a One Health approach

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

 
 
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Title Vector-borne diseases of small companion animals in Namibia: Literature review, knowledge gaps and opportunity for a One Health approach
 
Creator Noden, Bruce H. Soni, Minty
 
Subject Veterinary health; Public health Vector-borne disease; tick; mosquito; flea; sandfly; canine, feline
Description Namibia has a rich history in veterinary health but little is known about the vector-borne diseases that affect companion dogs and cats. The aim of this review is to summarise the existing published and available unpublished literature, put it into a wider geographical context, and explore some significant knowledge gaps. To date, only two filarial pathogens (Dirofilaria repens and Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides) and three tick-borne pathogens (Babesia canis vogeli, Hepatozoon canis and Ehrlichia canis) have been reported. Most studies have focused solely on dogs and cats in the urban Windhoek and surrounding areas, with almost nothing reported in rural farming areas, in either the populous northern regions or the low-income urban areas where animal owners have limited access to veterinary services. With the development of several biomedical training programmes in the country, there is now an excellent opportunity to address zoonotic vector-borne diseases through a One Health approach so as to assess the risks to small companion animals as well as diseases of public health importance.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Date 2015-11-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Gap analysis
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/jsava.v86i1.1307
 
Source Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 86, No 1 (2015); 7 pages 2224-9435 1019-9128
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Namibia; Southern Africa — —
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 Bruce H. Noden, Minty Soni https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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