Limited Knowledge About Hydatidosis Among Farmers in Northwest Portugal: A Pressing Need for a One Health Approach

Mateus, Teresa Letra; Niza-Ribeiro, João; Castro, António; Vieira-Pinto, Madalena

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Limited Knowledge About Hydatidosis Among Farmers in Northwest Portugal: A Pressing Need for a One Health Approach

2016-09Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Mateus, Teresa Letra
dc.contributor.author	Niza-Ribeiro, João
dc.contributor.author	Castro, António
dc.contributor.author	Vieira-Pinto, Madalena
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-07T14:30:00Z
dc.date.embargo	2025-10
dc.date.issued	2016-09
dc.description.abstract	Hydatidosis is a re-emerging disease. Farmers are a vulnerable population; however, little is known about their awareness of this disease. The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to assess sheep and goat farmers' awareness of, perceptions of, and attitudes towards parasitic zoonoses and hydatidosis and (2) to identify the preferred means for promotion of information about hydatidosis. A cross-sectional study was conducted. An in-person questionnaire was constructed and administered to 279 individuals. A coprological survey in shepherd dogs was performed using 88 faecal samples. SPSS version 18.0 was used for statistical analysis. Farmers reported several risk practices (69% practice home slaughtering, 46% do not deworm the dogs, 58% of these dogs have contact with other animals) and very little knowledge about hydatidosis (97% have never heard about it). Nevertheless, 75% of the farmers demonstrated interest in receiving information, mainly from a veterinarian. A wide diversity of potentially zoonotic parasites (Trichuris spp., Ancylostomatidae, Toxocara spp., Taeniidae) was found in 61% of the dogs. This survey revealed farmers' lack of knowledge in relation to hydatidosis and a high prevalence of potentially zoonotic parasites in dogs, thus pointing to the need for health education and a closer collaboration between veterinarian and public health professionals.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	This work was supported by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) under the Project UID/CVT/00772/2013.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Ecohealth. 2016 Sep;13(3):480-489. Epub 2016 May 13	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s10393-016-1129-5	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	1612-9202
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4539
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Springer Verlag	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10393-016-1129-5	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Awareness	pt_PT
dc.subject	Echinococcosis–hydatidosis	pt_PT
dc.subject	Farmers	pt_PT
dc.subject	One Health	pt_PT
dc.subject	Zoonosis	pt_PT
dc.subject	Portugal	pt_PT
dc.subject	Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses	pt_PT
dc.title	Limited Knowledge About Hydatidosis Among Farmers in Northwest Portugal: A Pressing Need for a One Health Approach	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.endPage	489	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	3	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	480	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	EcoHealth	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	13	pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream	5876
project.funder.identifier	http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.name	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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