Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of veterinary professionals towards ticks and tick-borne diseases in Illinois.
KAP, Knowledge, attitudes, and practices
TBD, Tick-borne disease
Tick-borne diseases
Ticks
Veterinary
Journal
One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ISSN: 2352-7714
Titre abrégé: One Health
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101660501
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
received:
07
03
2022
revised:
21
04
2022
accepted:
21
04
2022
entrez:
10
6
2022
pubmed:
11
6
2022
medline:
11
6
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A lack of standardized surveillance or reporting of tick-borne diseases (TBDs) in Illinois creates uncertainty for veterinarians regarding TBDs occurring within their practice geography or which TBDs may be encroaching on their area from neighboring territories. Therefore, the objective of this study was to gauge the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of veterinary professionals in Southern and Central Illinois to establish a foundation for targeting educational and outreach programs that address knowledge gaps. 72 veterinary professionals in Central and Southern Illinois. An online knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey was distributed to veterinary professionals in Southern and Central Illinois. Poisson regression analyses were conducted to determine factors associated with knowledge scores and the estimated number of TBD cases diagnosed. Knowledge scores were significantly higher among veterinary practitioners with recent (within the last 5 years) training on TBD. The number of cases of TBD diagnosed was higher among those reporting concern about TBD, and among those who routinely test for TBDs. The types of diseases diagnosed were heavily influenced by the diagnostic method used. This study paints a cohesive picture of human factors associated with diagnosing veterinary diseases and TBD prevalence in Southern and Central Illinois. Our results highlight the importance and practical value of veterinary continuing education on ticks and TBDs for both companion animals and public health. Building capacity for training veterinarians in parasitology using partnerships between academia and industry may strengthen the knowledge and understanding of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in the veterinary community.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35686148
doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2022.100391
pii: S2352-7714(22)00023-4
pmc: PMC9171534
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
100391Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that there were no conflicts of interest.
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