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Occurrence of Pasteurella multocida in Dogs Being Trained for Animal-Assisted Therapy

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a non-pharmacological therapy aimed at people with physical and/or mental disabilities. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out interventions that guarantee its benefits for patients while also avoiding the risk of zoonoses due to contact with the animals or their mu...

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Autores principales: Santaniello, Antonio, Garzillo, Susanne, Amato, Alessia, Sansone, Mario, Fioretti, Alessandro, Menna, Lucia Francesca
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7503519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32887269
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176385
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author Santaniello, Antonio
Garzillo, Susanne
Amato, Alessia
Sansone, Mario
Fioretti, Alessandro
Menna, Lucia Francesca
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Garzillo, Susanne
Amato, Alessia
Sansone, Mario
Fioretti, Alessandro
Menna, Lucia Francesca
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description Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a non-pharmacological therapy aimed at people with physical and/or mental disabilities. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out interventions that guarantee its benefits for patients while also avoiding the risk of zoonoses due to contact with the animals or their mucous membranes. The present study aimed to detect the occurrence of Pasteurella multocida in the oral cavity of dogs attending a “dog educational centre” and training for AAT interventions. In addition, some of the potential predictable factors of infection (i.e., age, sex, breed, and living conditions) were analyzed. In total, 25/200 dogs examined (12.5%; 95% confidence interval = 8.4–18.1%) were positive for P. multocida, as confirmed by PCR. Sex, breed, and living conditions were risk factors associated with P. multocida as revealed by the logistic regression analysis. Specifically, cross-bred female dogs living prevalently outdoors were significantly associated with the presence of P. multocida (p < 0.05). This study represents the first epidemiological survey of the prevalence of P. multocida in the oral cavity of dogs involved subsequently in AAT interventions, highlighting the potential risk of P. multocida infection in patients, often belonging to risk categories (e.g., children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals). Therefore, healthcare guidelines could be suggested to integrate the current literature related to the health check of dogs involved in AAT. In this way, it could be ensured that, even with bodily contact during AAT, the risk of pathogen transmission by the co-therapist dog can be avoided.
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spelling pubmed-75035192020-09-23 Occurrence of Pasteurella multocida in Dogs Being Trained for Animal-Assisted Therapy Santaniello, Antonio Garzillo, Susanne Amato, Alessia Sansone, Mario Fioretti, Alessandro Menna, Lucia Francesca Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a non-pharmacological therapy aimed at people with physical and/or mental disabilities. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out interventions that guarantee its benefits for patients while also avoiding the risk of zoonoses due to contact with the animals or their mucous membranes. The present study aimed to detect the occurrence of Pasteurella multocida in the oral cavity of dogs attending a “dog educational centre” and training for AAT interventions. In addition, some of the potential predictable factors of infection (i.e., age, sex, breed, and living conditions) were analyzed. In total, 25/200 dogs examined (12.5%; 95% confidence interval = 8.4–18.1%) were positive for P. multocida, as confirmed by PCR. Sex, breed, and living conditions were risk factors associated with P. multocida as revealed by the logistic regression analysis. Specifically, cross-bred female dogs living prevalently outdoors were significantly associated with the presence of P. multocida (p < 0.05). This study represents the first epidemiological survey of the prevalence of P. multocida in the oral cavity of dogs involved subsequently in AAT interventions, highlighting the potential risk of P. multocida infection in patients, often belonging to risk categories (e.g., children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals). Therefore, healthcare guidelines could be suggested to integrate the current literature related to the health check of dogs involved in AAT. In this way, it could be ensured that, even with bodily contact during AAT, the risk of pathogen transmission by the co-therapist dog can be avoided. MDPI 2020-09-02 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7503519/ /pubmed/32887269 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176385 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Occurrence of Pasteurella multocida in Dogs Being Trained for Animal-Assisted Therapy
title_sort occurrence of pasteurella multocida in dogs being trained for animal-assisted therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7503519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32887269
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176385
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