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Updated May 2012
Animal ControlPets can be hazardous to your health
C.M.G. Buttery MB BS
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Why should Public Health Agencies be interested in Animal Control?
Wild Animals Spread diseases directly, or via ticks, mosquitoes & other biting
insects Bats spread rabies Rats can spread rabies, although rarely Rats can spread salmonella, and typhus via fleas Raccoons can spread rabies Deer can host Lyme Disease Corbies can host West Nile Virus Snakes and Pigeons can host Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever
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Domestic Animals
Can spread diseases directly or by intermediate hosts Dogs can kill by biting, or cause permanent injury Dogs can pass parasites Dogs can transmit rabies Dogs can also transmit: ▪ Leptospirosis▪ Measles (canine distemper) ▪ Histoplasmosis▪ Brucellosis ▪ Salmonellosis▪ Tuberculosis ▪ Whipworm▪ Diphtheria
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Other domestic animals as Disease Vectors
Besides dogs Cows, Horses, Cats have all transmitted
Rabies Cats can transmit toxoplasmosis Cows used to spread Tuberculosis
through milk until herds were immunized and tested
Reptiles (turtles, lizards, snakes) can transmit salmonella
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Animal Control Activities
Most health departments have responsibilities for
Rat Control Mosquito Control Animal Bite Prevention
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Rat Control
In most urban settings housing authorities and city information officers refer rat control issues to health departments who: Investigate to locate source Recommend control measures May bait public areas for rat control or▪ Recommend Pest control companies
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Mosquito Control
In urban areas health departments are usually responsible to control mosquitoes and prevent transmission of: Malaria Yellow Fever Dengue SL & EE Encephalitis West Nile Virus
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Mosquito Control (cont.)
Responsibilities include : Mosquito Collection How many, what type, where located Mosquito breeding to determine susceptibility to pesticides. to determine blood meal contents Larviciding (spraying oil on water) Adulticiding (spraying air to kill adults
mosquitoes)
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Wild Animals
As the urban areas penetrate the countryside and provide breeding and feeding areas attractive to wild animals, local health departments with advice of state game wardens determine Hazard to people & pets from ▪ deer, raccoon, skunk, bear, puma and ▪ Prevent wildlife being kept as pets, with or
without permits.
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Dogs
In most communities are controlled by a mix of police, SPCA and local health departments to prevent :▪ Bites ▪ Disease transmission to people, particularly
children ▪ Abandonment ▪ Cruelty ▪ Diseases transmitted to other animal ▪ Poor Housing of domestic animals
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Bite Prevention
In most communities, occurs after the fact ▪ Consider recent deaths from animal bites in
Virginia In some communities advisory boards
(see last slide) take pro-active positions to prevent bites
Use of leash laws ▪ Rarely enforced
Requirement for Rabies immunization Use courts or administrative panels
▪ (Often more effective- see last slide)
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Bite Control (cont.)
Training of animal control officers by National Animal Control Association
Training Academy With cross training as:
a police officer, to take evidence in Public Relations in animal care
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Training (cont)
Enforcement of leash laws Obtain evidence of cruelty Animal capture by
▪ Nets ▪ Poles ▪ Darts (usually requires police supervision to protect
onlookers)
Adoption Euthanasia
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Cats and Dogs
In some cities cats and dogs are controlled by high fences
Requirement for licensing Cats and Dogs ▪ There is no evidence that requiring a cat to
wear a license/collar is dangerous to the cat. Display of licenses Rabies Vaccination for cats Population control (cats and dogs)
▪ SPCA Neutering Programs
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Administrative Panels
Advisory Board of citizens, veterinarians, humane agencies, postal delivery and meter readers :▪ assist in developing standards agreed to throughout the
community Administrative hearing board to manage
vicious animals:▪ Often are more effective than courts and better
tecieved by the community Remove animal from community Recommend Euthanization Educate the public