Responsible ownership and health education can reduce the time of sporotrichosis treatment in domestic cats

Sporotrichosis is a widespread fungal infection that affects skin and subcutaneous tissues in humans and animals. In cats, it is displayed as nodules, ulcers and lesions on the nasal and respiratory mucosa. Antifungal treatment of cats is crucial but many cases are difficult, thus resulting in disco...

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Veröffentlicht in:Preventive veterinary medicine 2024-06, Vol.227, p.106211-106211, Article 106211
Hauptverfasser: de Souza, Bianca Moreira, Colombo, Salene Angelini, do Carmo Teixeira, Roberta, Coelho, Isadora Martins Pinto, Barrado, Werik dos Santos, Ramos, Breno Oliveira Lima, Araujo, Érica Lorenza Martins, Bicalho, Gustavo Canesso, de Azevedo, Maria Isabel, Keller, Kelly Moura, Santos Monti, Fabiana Dos, Silva Maia, Lorena Diniz Macedo, de Magalhães Soares, Danielle Ferreira, de Oliveira, Camila Stefanie Fonseca
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Zusammenfassung:Sporotrichosis is a widespread fungal infection that affects skin and subcutaneous tissues in humans and animals. In cats, it is displayed as nodules, ulcers and lesions on the nasal and respiratory mucosa. Antifungal treatment of cats is crucial but many cases are difficult, thus resulting in discontinue of the treatment, with disastrous consequences for the animal, encouraging contamination of the environment, other animals and people. The effects of responsible ownership education and health education for owners of cats with feline sporotrichosis as well as the interval between veterinary consultations on treatment outcomes for three groups of owners and their pet cats were evaluated in this study. The responsible ownership education and health education strategies consisted in videos in easy and accessible language for people with any level of education and were presented during consultations for two of the three groups included. The time between appointments was two weeks for two of the groups, and four weeks for one of the groups. The median of treatment time for the group without educational activities was 138 days, while for the other two groups it was 77.5 days and 86 days. It was found a significative reduction in the treatment time in the groups exposed to Responsible ownership education videos. There was no contamination of those responsible for home treatment, and the interval between monthly appointments did not impact on cure or death rates compared to the interval between fortnightly appointments. All these results can be applied to feline sporotrichoses treatment protocols increasing the owners treatment adherence and reducing either, the treatment discontinuation and the treatment costs and helps to control zoonotic sporotrichosis. The importance of attractive and comprehensible educational strategies as part of the feline sporotrichosis treatment protocol for the promotion of one health was highlighted.
ISSN:0167-5877
1873-1716
DOI:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106211