Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs

Ian Wright¹, Frans Jongejan², Mary Marcondes³, Andrew Peregrine⁴, Gad Baneth⁵, Patrick Bourdeau⁶, Dwight D Bowman⁷, Edward B Breitschwerdt⁸, Gioia Capelli⁹, Luís Cardoso¹⁰, Filipe Dantas-Torres¹¹, Michael J Day¹², Gerhard Dobler¹³, Lluis Ferrer¹⁴, Luigi Gradoni¹⁵, Peter Irwin¹², Volkhard A J Kempf¹⁶, Barbara Kohn¹⁷, Friederike Krämer¹⁸, Michael Lappin¹⁹, Maxime Madder²⁰, Ricardo G Maggi⁸, Carla Maia²¹, Guadalupe Miró²², Torsten Naucke²³, Gaetano Oliva²⁴, Domenico Otranto²⁵, Maria Grazia Pennisi²⁶, Barend L Penzhorn², Martin Pfeffer²⁷, Xavier Roura²⁸, Angel Sainz²², SungShik Shin²⁹, Laia Solano-Gallego¹⁴, Reinhard K Straubinger³⁰, Séverine Tasker³¹, Rebecca Traub³², Susan Little³³

Affiliations

¹ The Mount Veterinary Practice, Fleetwood, UK. hammondia@hotmail.com.
² Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
³ School of Veterinary Medicine, São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
⁵ Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
⁶ Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Nantes, France.
⁷ Department Microbiology & Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
⁸ Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
⁹ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Veterinary Sciences and Animal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
¹¹ Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife, Brazil.
¹² College of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.
¹³ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany.
¹⁴ Department Animal Medicine and Surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
¹⁵ Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
¹⁶ Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany.
¹⁷ Clinic of Small Animals, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁸ TransMIT GmbH, Giessen, Germany.
¹⁹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
²⁰ Clinglobal, Tamarin, Mauritius.
²¹ Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
²² Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
²³ LABOKLIN GmbH, Bad Kissingen, Germany.
²⁴ Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
²⁵ Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
²⁶ Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
²⁷ Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
²⁸ Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
²⁹ College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea.
³⁰ Lehrstuhl für Bakteriologie und Mykologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
³¹ Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³² Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
³³ Department of Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.

PMID: 33168100
PMCID: PMC7653694
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04407-5

Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs

Ian Wright et al. Parasit Vectors. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 10;13(1):546.

doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04407-5.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The Mount Veterinary Practice, Fleetwood, UK. hammondia@hotmail.com.
² Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
³ School of Veterinary Medicine, São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
⁵ Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
⁶ Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Nantes, France.
⁷ Department Microbiology & Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
⁸ Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
⁹ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Veterinary Sciences and Animal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
¹¹ Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife, Brazil.
¹² College of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.
¹³ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany.
¹⁴ Department Animal Medicine and Surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
¹⁵ Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
¹⁶ Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany.
¹⁷ Clinic of Small Animals, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁸ TransMIT GmbH, Giessen, Germany.
¹⁹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
²⁰ Clinglobal, Tamarin, Mauritius.
²¹ Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
²² Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
²³ LABOKLIN GmbH, Bad Kissingen, Germany.
²⁴ Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
²⁵ Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
²⁶ Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
²⁷ Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
²⁸ Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
²⁹ College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea.
³⁰ Lehrstuhl für Bakteriologie und Mykologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
³¹ Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³² Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
³³ Department of Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.

PMID: 33168100
PMCID: PMC7653694
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04407-5

Abstract

The Companion Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD) World Forum is a working group of leading international experts who meet annually to evaluate current scientific findings and future trends concerning the distribution, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and prevention of vector-borne infections of dogs and cats. At the 14th Symposium of the CVBD World Forum in Trieste, Italy (March 25-28, 2019), we identified the need to (i) bring attention to the potential spread of parasites and vectors with relocated dogs, and (ii) provide advice to the veterinary profession regarding the importance of surveillance and treatment for parasites and vector-borne infections when rehoming dogs. This letter shares a consensus statement from the CVBD World Forum as well as a summary of the problem faced, including the role of veterinary professionals in parasite surveillance, causal issues, and the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation in addressing the problem. To limit opportunities for dissemination of parasites and vectors, whenever possible, underlying problems creating the need for dog rehoming should be addressed. However, when it is necessary to rehome dogs, this should ideally take place in the country and national region of origin. When geographically distant relocation occurs, veterinary professionals have a vital role to play in public education, vigilance for detection of exotic vectors and infections, and alerting the medical community to the risk(s) for pathogen spread. With appropriate veterinary intervention, dog welfare needs can be met without inadvertently allowing global spread of parasites and their vectors.

Keywords: Adoption; Animal welfare; Canine; Importation; Parasites; Prevention; Relocation; Shelter; Zoonosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The authors are members of the CVBD World Forum. The CVBD World Forum was founded during the 1st International CVBD Symposium from April 18th to 20th, 2006, in Billesley, UK, as a consequence of the increasing global threats through vector-borne diseases. The CVBD World Forum is supported by Bayer Animal Health, which is now part of Elanco.

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