Alves Maria Cecilia Goi Porto, Matos Marina Ruiz de, Reichmann Maria de Lourdes, Dominguez Margareth Harrison
Instituto de Saúde, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Rev Saude Publica. 2005 Dec;39(6):891-7. doi: 10.1590/s0034-89102005000600004. Epub 2005 Dec 7.
To estimate the total dog and cat population with owners in order to enable better planning of the control actions against diseases involving these animals.
The study was carried out in the non-metropolitan regions of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, from May to December 2002. Forty-one municipalities and 100 census tracts were surveyed. These were selected by probabilistic stratified cluster sampling in two stages. The strata were formed by grouping the municipalities according to their populations and living conditions. The Pasteur São Paulo Technique was used to obtain data on the canine population. This technique was developed to estimate and classify dogs according to their degree of dependence and restriction.
Almost 53% of the 20,958 households visited owned a dog, and the average was 1.6 dogs per household. A total of 4,624 cats were found, concentrated in 12.6% of the households. The results indicate a dog/inhabitant ratio of 1:4.0 and a cat/inhabitant ratio of 1:16.4.
The animal/inhabitant ratios were much higher than expected. Incorporation of these ratios into evaluations of the vaccination campaign against rabies has revealed more realistic coverage patterns, thus leading to renewed discussion of the vaccination targets for municipalities. An association was observed between the size of the municipality or its inhabitant's living conditions and the level of restrictions on dogs.
估算有主人的犬猫总数，以便更好地规划针对涉及这些动物的疾病的防控行动。
该研究于2002年5月至12月在巴西圣保罗州的非大都市地区开展。对41个市和100个普查区进行了调查。这些是通过两阶段概率分层整群抽样选取的。各层是根据各市的人口和生活条件对其进行分组而形成的。采用圣保罗巴斯德技术获取犬类种群数据。该技术是为根据犬只的依赖程度和限制程度进行估算和分类而开发的。
在走访的20958户家庭中，近53%的家庭养有犬只，平均每户1.6只犬。共发现4624只猫，集中在12.6%的家庭中。结果表明犬/居民比为1:4.0，猫/居民比为1:16.4。
动物/居民比远高于预期。将这些比例纳入狂犬病疫苗接种运动评估中，揭示了更现实的覆盖模式，从而引发了对各市疫苗接种目标的重新讨论。观察到市的规模或居民的生活条件与犬只限制水平之间存在关联。
