The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, UK.
Vet Rec. 2021 Nov;189(9):e308. doi: 10.1002/vetr.308. Epub 2021 May 18.
In early 2020, the Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network reported evidence of an outbreak of acute prolific vomiting in dogs in the UK. The aims of this study were to investigate whether there was evidence for a vomiting outbreak in Dogslife and Google Trends data and to describe its characteristics.
Incidence of Dogslife vomiting reports and the Google search index for 'dog vomiting' and 'puppy vomiting' between December 2019 and March 2020 was compared to the respective data from the same months in previous years. Risks for dogs vomiting and factors influencing veterinary attendance in Dogslife were identified using multivariable logistic regression.
This study confirmed a vomiting outbreak was evident in UK dogs between December 2019 and March 2020 using data from Dogslife and Google Trends. The odds of a vomiting incident being reported to Dogslife was 1.51 (95% CI: 1.24-1.84) in comparison to previous years. Dogslife data identified differences in owner-decision making when seeking veterinary attention and identified factors associated with dogs at higher odds of experiencing a vomiting episode.
Owner-derived data including questionnaires and internet search queries should be considered a valid, valuable source of information for veterinary population health surveillance.
2020 年初,小动物兽医监测网络报告了英国犬只爆发急性多产性呕吐的证据。本研究旨在调查 Dogslife 和谷歌趋势数据中是否存在呕吐爆发的证据,并描述其特征。
比较 2019 年 12 月至 2020 年 3 月期间 Dogslife 呕吐报告的发病率和谷歌搜索索引“狗呕吐”和“幼犬呕吐”与前几年同期的相应数据。使用多变量逻辑回归确定 Dogslife 中犬只呕吐的风险和影响兽医就诊的因素。
本研究使用 Dogslife 和谷歌趋势的数据证实,2019 年 12 月至 2020 年 3 月期间,英国犬只出现了呕吐爆发。与前几年相比,向 Dogslife 报告呕吐事件的几率为 1.51(95%CI:1.24-1.84)。Dogslife 数据确定了在寻求兽医关注时主人决策的差异,并确定了与犬只更有可能出现呕吐发作的相关因素。
包括问卷调查和互联网搜索查询在内的主人来源数据应被视为兽医群体健康监测的有效、有价值的信息来源。