Age structure of owned dogs under compulsory culling in a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area

• Main Authors: Danielly Vieira Bortoletto (Author), Yuri Tani Utsunomiya (Author), Silvia Helena Venturoli Perri (Author), Fernando Ferreira (Author), Cáris Maroni Nunes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: The age structure of the dog population is essential for planning and evaluating control programs for zoonotic diseases. We analyzed data of an owned-dog census in order to characterize, for the first time, the structure of a dog population under compulsory culling in a visceral leishmania...