Doyle Erin, Gupta Maya, Spindel Miranda, Dolan Emily D, Slater Margaret R, Janeczko Stephanie
Shelter Medicine Services, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA®), New York, NY 10128, USA.
Strategy and Research, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA®), New York, NY 10128, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2020 Apr 6;10(4):630. doi: 10.3390/ani10040630.
Companion animal relocation programs are an important method to address geographic and resource disparities in pet overpopulation through transport from areas with high homeless pet populations to areas with high adopter demand. Despite mitigation by following best practices, a potential risk of animal relocation is increased disease incidence related to infectious disease spread and the effects of stress during transport. Surgical sterilization may compound disease risk due to the impact of surgical stress on disease susceptibility and the potential for disease exposure from other patients. Our study aimed to provide information about disease and surgical complication incidence as relates to the timing of surgical sterilization in relocated dogs. A population of 431 dogs relocated to a shelter in Washington State was monitored for disease while at the destination shelter and immediately post-adoption. No increased disease incidence was identified for dogs altered within two weeks of transport at the destination shelter compared with those altered within two weeks prior to transport at the source shelter. Because of disparities addressed by relocation programs, surgical sterilization of relocated companion animals is typically best performed at the destination shelter. Our study indicates that disease incidence is not increased by spay-neuter at the destination shelter.
伴侣动物迁移计划是一种重要的方法，通过将无家可归宠物数量多的地区的宠物运输到领养需求高的地区，来解决宠物数量过多方面的地理和资源差异问题。尽管遵循最佳实践可减轻风险，但动物迁移的一个潜在风险是，与传染病传播以及运输过程中的应激影响相关的疾病发病率增加。手术绝育可能会增加疾病风险，这是由于手术应激对疾病易感性的影响以及接触其他患病动物的可能性。我们的研究旨在提供与迁移犬只手术绝育时间相关的疾病和手术并发症发生率的信息。对迁移到华盛顿州一家收容所的431只犬只在到达目的地收容所时以及领养后立即进行了疾病监测。与在来源收容所运输前两周内进行绝育的犬只相比，在目的地收容所运输后两周内进行绝育的犬只未发现疾病发病率增加。由于迁移计划解决了差异问题，迁移伴侣动物的手术绝育通常最好在目的地收容所进行。我们的研究表明，在目的地收容所进行绝育手术不会增加疾病发病率。
