Animal-Related Injuries in a Resource-Limited Setting: Experiences from a Tertiary Health Institution in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Animal related injuries are a major but neglected emerging public health problem and contribute significantly to high morbidity and mortality worldwide. No prospective studies have been done on animal related injuries in our setting.
Chalya, Phillipo L +2 more
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Craniomandibular trauma and tooth loss in northern dogs and wolves : implications for the archaeological study of dog husbandry and domestication [PDF]
, 2014 Funding: Funding for this project was provided by an ERC Advanced Grant (#295458) to Dr. David Anderson, University of Aberdeen (http://erc.europa.eu). Financial support to Mikhail V.
Jessup, E. +3 more
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Epidemiology of dog bites to people in Uruguay (2010–2020)
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023 Background Dog bites to people are a serious public health problem. Limited information exists at the country level in Latin America. The COVID‐19 pandemic changed people's lifestyles and their relationship with pets, and this could potentially affect ...
Javier Román +4 more
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Incidence of dog bite injuries and its associated factors in Punjab province of Pakistan
Science in One Health, 2022 Dog bites are a major cause for transmission of rabies virus to humans. Pakistan ranks fifth among most rabies affected countries in the world. There are a few regional (ecological) studies that investigated factors that explain geographic disparities in
Muhammad Alfahad +5 more
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A study on dog bite incidence in Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, India [PDF]
, 2014 The injuries caused by dog bites have grown to such epidemic proportions that they are now considered a major public health concern. The epidemiology of dog bites in the UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli has been evaluated, for the year 2012.
Das, V.K. +3 more
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Revista Médica del Hospital General de México, 2022 Background: Dog bite wounds are a public health problem present in our environment. We find them from superficial wounds to large wounds with devitalization and significant loss of tissues, in addition to presenting complications such as infections ...
Julio Á. Barajas-Puga +2 more
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Preliminary Investigation of Food Guarding Behavior in Shelter Dogs in the United States [PDF]
, 2012 Even though food guarding is an adaptive trait for dogs, they are often euthanized when they exhibit this behavior while at an animal shelter. This research demonstrates some dogs that guard their food can be adopted and guarding is seldom seen in the ...
Emily Weiss +2 more
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Community perceptions of free-roaming dogs and management practices in villages at the periphery of a protected area in Bhutan [PDF]
, 2020 In Bhutan, free-roamingdogs pose health hazards to human, livestock, andwildlife. Understanding the perceptions and practices of local communitiesregarding free-roaming dogs is important to mitigate negative impacts. A community-based study was conducted
De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel +4 more
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Pattern and outcome of dog bite injuries among children in Ado-Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017 Introduction: dog bites in humans are a major public health problem. Globally, millions of people are bitten by dogs but most of the fatal cases occur in children. There is paucity of data on dog bite related diseases among Nigerian children. Objectives:
Ezra Olatunde Ogundare +7 more
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The management of dog bite injuries of genitalia in paediatric age
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2013 Dog bite injuries are common in children and represent an important health-care problem. Most dog bite injuries involve the face or an extremity. Victims tend to seek medical care quickly. Dog bites to the external genitalia are rarely reported, but they
Mirko Bertozzi, Antonino Appignani
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