Análise do destino de cães e gatos recolhidos pelo Centro de Controle de Zoonoses de Campina Grande – PB, no ano de 2019.

Abstract

Zoonosis is defined as "any disease or infection naturally transmissible between vertebrate animals and humans". Thus, the Zoonosis Control Centers (ZCC) were created to be municipal public health units, whose strategic actions seek to act on the target animal population, to reduce or interrupt the zoonosis transmission cycle, impacting on beneficial way in promoting human health. In this way, the target animals that can be collected are those considered relevant to public health. Based on this assumption, the work sought to identify the reasons for the collection of dogs and cats by the ZCC of the municipality of Campina Grande - PB in 2019, the destinations given to animals housed in the center during the same period, as well as to analyze the importance of these surveillance actions in zoonoses in the municipality. For this, a descriptive study was carried out using secondary data provided by the center itself. In total, 1051 entry forms (629 dogs and 422 cats) and 1016 admission forms containing the animal's destination (666 dogs and 350 cats) were reviewed. The study identified that only 0.24% of cats and 1.75% of dogs were collected due to suspicion of zoonosis, especially rabies and canine visceral leishmaniasis. In addition to animals suspected of zoonoses, 2.54% of dogs and 0.47% of cats were collected because they were considered relevant to public health, as they were aggressive and/or caused harm to the population. However, the most frequent reason for the collection of animals was the issue of abandonment, totaling 27.98% of dogs and 40.28% of cats. The center also collected sick animals on the streets, rescued animals in situations of vulnerability and collected females with their young from inappropriate places. Concerning the fate of the animals housed in the CCZ in 2019, half of the dogs left (50.77%) and 36.49% of the cats were adopted. Natural death and staying in the center were also destinations with high frequency. Euthanasia was carried out in just 2.54% of cats and 9.21% of dogs, relatively low numbers and serves to demystify what many people still think about CCZs being places of animal sacrifice that are collected on the street. It was possible to conclude with the study, that the CCZ of Campina Grande - PB in 2019 adopted a hybrid model of attributions, mixing actions of public health and animal protection. And it was not performed a selective collection only of animals with potential risk of transmission of zoonoses relevant to public health.