Μελέτη πάνω στη λεϊσμανίωση του σκύλου (Leishmania infantum)στην Ελλάδα με βάση ερωτηματολόγιο που απαντήθηκε από κτηνιάτρους ζώων συντροφιάς
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Nov 21, 2017
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Σκύλος λεισμανίωση ερωτηματολόγιο κτηνίατροι ζώων συντροφιάς Ελλάδα
Περίληψη
To Νοέμβριο του 2006 στάλθηκαν ερωτηματολόγια με θέμα τη λεισμανιωση του σκύλου (ΛΣ) σε 1.144 Έλληνες κτηνιάτρους που ασχολούνταν αποκλειστικά ή μερικώς με τα ζώα συντροφιάς, για να επιστραφούν τελικά τα 201 (17,6%) από αυτά. Η συχνότητα ανταπόκρισης δεν διέφερε σημαντικά μεταξύ των εννιά γεωγραφικών διαμερισμάτων της χώρας. Η ελάχιστη, μέση και μέγιστη συχνότητα διάγνωσης της ΛΣ σε ετήσια βάση ήταν 0,98%, 3,30% και 7,46%, αντίστοιχα, για το σύνολο της χώρας. Η συχνότητα διάγνωσης ήταν μικρότερη στην Κρήτη, ακολουθούμενη από τα νησιά του Αιγαίου και στη συνέχεια τη Μακεδονία, σε σχέση με την Πελοπόννησο, τη Στερεά Ελλάδα-Εΰβοια και τη Θεσσαλία. Οι περισσότεροι κτηνίατροι (70,4%) εργάζονταν σε περιοχές όπου η ΛΣ ήταν ενδημική και ο αριθμός των νέων περιστατικών και των περιστατικών που βρίσκονται υπό θεραπεία/παρακολούθηση αυξάνονταν ή έμενε στάσιμος τα τελευταία χρόνια. Οι συχνότερες κλινικές εκδηλώσεις ήταν η απώλεια του σωματικού βάρους, η περιφερική λεμφαδενομεγαλια, η αναιμία και η αποφολιδωτική δερματίτιδα με ή χωρίς αλωπεκία, ενώ συχνά η ΛΣ συνυπήρχε με διάφορα άλλα λοιμώδη-παρασιτικά νοσήματα και παθήσεις και ιδιαίτερα την ερλιχιωση και τη διροφιλαριωση. Τα αποτελέσματα των μη ειδικών εργαστηριακών εξετάσεων, όπως οι βιοχημικές, η αιματολογική και η ανάλυση των ούρων έστρεφαν την υποψία στη ΛΣ, η επιβεβαίωση της οποίας βασικά στηριζόταν στις ορολογικές εξετάσεις (εμπορικά kit ταχείας ορολογικής εξέτασης, έμμεσος ανοσοφθορισμός, ELISA) και λιγότερο συχνά στηνάμεση παρασιτολογική εξέταση και την PCR. Για τη θεραπεία του νοσήματος χρησιμοποιούνταν κυρίως η αλλοπουρινόλη και οι πεντασθενεις ενώσεις του αντιμονίου, τις περισσότερες φορές σε συνδυασμό, και λιγότερο συχνά η μετρονιδαζόλη, η κετοκοναζόλη, η αμφοτερικινη Β, οι φθοριοκινολόνες και η αμινοσιδινη. Οι πεντασθενεις ενώσεις του αντιμονίου προκαλούσαν συχνότερα παρενέργειες, για να ακολουθήσει η αμφοτερικινη Β και αρκετά σπανιότερα η αλλοπουρινόλη. Οι παρενέργειες αυτές ήταν η αίτια διακοπής της θεραπείας στο 14% περίπου των περιστατικών. Το σημαντικότερο και ένα από τα συχνότερα κριτήρια για τη διακοπή της θεραπείας ήταν το αρνητικό αποτέλεσμα της ορολογικής εξέτασης, σε συνδυασμό με τη βελτίωσητης κλινικής εικόνας και τα αποτελέσματα των συνήθων εργαστηριακών εξετάσεων, ενώ οι περισσότεροι κτηνίατροι επαναλάμβαναν τη θεραπεία μόνο όταν διαπίστωναν υποτροπή των συμπτωμάτων. Η ευθανασία προτεινόταν από μικρό σχετικά αριθμό κτηνιάτρων, αλλά τελικά κρινόταν ότι είναι αναγκαία στο 10% περίπου των σκύλων που είχαν υποβληθεί σε θεραπεία. Η χρήση εντομοκτόνων ή/και εντομοαπωθητικών ουσιών στους σκύλους ήταν εκτεταμένη και συχνά συνδυαζόταν με άλλα προληπτικά μέτρα, όπως είναι η φύλαξη του ζώου μέσα στο σπίτι τις νυχτερινές ώρες και η λεπτή σίτα στα παράθυρα. Όλοι σχεδόν οι κτηνίατροι ενημέρωναν τους ιδιοκτήτες για τη σχέση της ΛΣ με τη δημόσια υγεία, γεγονός που τις περισσότερες φορές δε λειτουργούσε αποτρεπτικά στην ανάληψη θεραπευτικής προσπάθειας.
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SARIDOMICHELAKIS (Μ.Ν. ΣΑΡΙΔΟΜΙΧΕΛΑΚΗΣ) M. N., KOUTINAS (Α.Φ. ΚΟΥΤΙΝΑΣ) A. F., & BOURDEAU, P. (2017). Μελέτη πάνω στη λεϊσμανίωση του σκύλου (Leishmania infantum)στην Ελλάδα με βάση ερωτηματολόγιο που απαντήθηκε από κτηνιάτρους ζώων συντροφιάς. Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Κτηνιατρικής Εταιρείας, 60(4), 503–526. https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.14938
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