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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022

A Questionnaire-Based Survey on the Long-Term Management of Canine Leishmaniosis by Veterinary Practitioners.

Maria A Pereira, Rute Santos, Carmen Nóbrega, Cristina Mega, Rita Cruz, Fernando Esteves, Carla Santos, Catarina Coelho, João R Mesquita, Helena Vala and 1 more

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Maria A PereiraInstituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4054-9124
Rute SantosPolytechnic Institute of Portalegre, 7300-110 Portalegre, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6328-8097
Carmen NóbregaInstituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.
Cristina MegaInstituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.
Rita CruzInstituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.
Fernando EstevesInstituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.
Carla SantosInstituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.
Catarina CoelhoInstituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5272-7303
João R MesquitaEpidemiology Research Unit (EPIUnit), Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, 4050-091 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8769-8103
Helena ValaInstituto Politécnico de Viseu, Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Campus Politécnico, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6829-4867
Gabriela Santos-GomesGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9264-3887
Research Center for Natural Resources, Environment and Society · PTUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro · PTPolytechnic Institute of Portalegre · PTPolytechnic Institute of Viseu · PTUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PT

Funding

Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS) UIDB/00681/2020Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB) UIDB/04033/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/CVT-CVT/0228/2020Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) UID/04413/2020Research Centre for Endogenous Resource Valorization (VALORIZA) UIDB/05064/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Canine Leishmaniosis (CanL) is a chronic and potentially fatal disease. In economically disadvantaged regions, costs associated with long-term patient monitoring may determine that some owners decline veterinary follow-up of their dogs. This online, questionnaire-based survey aimed to assess how Portuguese veterinary practitioners perform long-term patient monitoring and recognize relapses. More than 50% of respondents reported that 50-100% of dog owners declared financial restraints. Hence, in these circumstances, most veterinary practitioners only performed clinical examination and serology. However, when owners did not declare financial restriction, other tests were additionally performed, such as renal and hepatic profiles, hemogram, serum protein electrophoresis and urine protein creatinine ratio. The mean number of exams performed when owners presented financial restraints was significantly lower than the number of exams performed without economic limitations. Most veterinary practitioners prescribed allopurinol

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canine leishmaniosislong-term treatmentquestionnairerelapseveterinary follow-up

Identifiers

PMID35327128
PMCPMC8944528
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