Abstract

KOWALEWSKI, Martin; PONTON, Federico; PINTO, Fredy Ramírez  and  VELAZQUEZ, Myriam C.. Health status of dogs at wild-domestic interface areas of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve, Paraguay. Rev. Soc. cient. Parag. [online]. 2019, vol.24, n.1, pp.114-125. ISSN 2617-4731.  https://doi.org/10.32480/rscp.2019-24-1.114-125.

Protected areas have diffuse boundaries in many cases and their buffer areas constitute a human-domestic-wildlife interface area favorable to the movement of both domestic and wild animals and for the exchange of pathogens. We studied domestic dogs from two localities near the Mbaracayú Forest Natural Reserve (RNBM), Canindeyú, Paraguay, a strictly protected area of 64,405 ha. For this, health data were collected from 47 dogs from the Aché and Ava Guaraní communities of Arroyo Bandera and Mboi Jagua during 2012 and 2013. These communities were selected because their dogs enter the Reserve. The dogs analyzed in these communities adjacent to RNBM, although they appeared healthy, did not receive any type of veterinary attention, and therefore constitute a potential threat to the wildlife of the RNBM. We recommend the implementation of environmental education programs and sterilization and vaccination campaigns of pets in the human settlements around the RNBM.

Keywords : Canis lupus familiaris; zoonoses; biodiversity conservation; protected area management.

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