Essays about: "free roaming dogs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words free roaming dogs.

  1. 1. Rabies in rural Cambodia : A pilot study on social acceptance of an oral vaccination campaign of dogs and community rabies awareness

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Zara Webjörn; [2023]
    Keywords : zoonosis; canines; Southeast Asia; rabies; vaccines;

    Abstract : Rabies is a deadly zoonotic disease that kills approximately 60,000 people every year, with around 60% of the cases in Asia. There exists no treatment for rabies once symptoms have started to appear and the disease always leads to death of the patient. READ MORE

  3. 2. Participatory communication and community-based rabies elimination in Bang Bon, Bangkok, Thailand

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Maia Barmish; [2019]
    Keywords : Communication for development; Rabies; Participatory communication;

    Abstract : Rabies is a global epidemic that affects the developing world disproportionally. This deadly disease is largely transmitted to humans via dog bites and is caused and perpetuated by human behaviors, including people not sterilizing and vaccinating dogs. READ MORE

  4. 3. Frigående hundar (Canis familiaris) : är de ett hot mot vilda utrotningshotade arter?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Evelina Damm; [2017]
    Keywords : hund; frigående; Canis familiaris; utrotningshotade arter; konkurrans;

    Abstract : Hunden, Canis familiaris, är ett av människans många sällskapsdjur och tros vara det första djuret som domesticerades från anfadern vargen, Canis lupus, för flera tusen år sedan. Antal hundar i världen tros ligga runt 700 miljoner och finns på alla bebodda kontinenter. READ MORE

  5. 4. Multispecies Urban Space and History: : Dogs and Other Nonhuman Animals in 19th Century Stockholm

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Mirabel Joshi; [2015]
    Keywords : Multispecies Narrative; Environmental History; Methodology; Urban Animal History; Dogs; Materiality; Urban Space; Stockholm; Nineteenth Century; Nonhuman animals; Complimentary Space; The Dwelling Perspective; Hybrid Geographies; Posthumanism;

    Abstract :  This text aims to place nonhuman animals at the core of urban space and history to provide an insight into the life and materiality of dogs in Stockholm 1824-1920. The theoretical possibilities of more-than-human enquiries into history are discussed along with non-human animals as historical beings together with humans creating a common history (Ingold 2000, Whatmore 2002). READ MORE

  6. 5. General health conditions in the dog population of Lilongwe

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Sandra Johansson; [2015]
    Keywords : prevalence; infectious agents; dogs; dog population; free roaming dogs; zoonotic disease; animal welfare; Anaplasma spp.; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ehrlichia canis; Dirofilaria immitis; Ancylostoma spp.; Leishmania spp.; Toxocara canis; Toxoscaris leonina; Trichuris spp.;

    Abstract : In many cases, disease in the animal population is regarded as only an animal health issue, but may often also constitute a risk to public health. This applies especially in developing countries where people often are living under conditions of extreme poverty and then often in close proximity to their animals. READ MORE