Animal rabies surveillance in six cities of Cebu, Philippines

Date

6-2016

Degree

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

College

College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Loinda R. Baldrias

Abstract

The study was conducted to describe the animal rabies surveillance systems operating in the six cities of Cebu Province, Philippines. The retrospective descriptive study examined the available records of the cities from 2013 to 2014 and conducted a survey interview among the key officials involved in rabies surveillance. All cities follow the facility-based surveillance system. The two-year data compiled 18, 949 animal bite cases showing 85.57% are due to dogs. Among 390 suspected cases submitted to the laboratory, 20.77% confirmed rabies positive. The actual count of rabies cases was highest in Cebu city. The animal bite cases were at its peak on the second quarter (April to June) of the year. In terms of support, collation, direction and action in surveillance system assessment, majority of the cities scored high. However, for collection and analysis, the cities scored low. Based on the findings of the study, it is imperative that the province identify a centralize office that shall be accessible and visibly active in continuous data collection, analysis, issuance of regular updates to stakeholders and quick response interventions to rabies reports, as collection of rabies data from the different offices is time-consuming and difficult.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2016 V4 F36

Document Type

Thesis

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