Percepción de los propietarios de animales de compañía acerca del riesgo de infección de sus mascotas con COVID-19 en Lima – Perú

• Autor: Villegas Camargo, Gonzalo Alexander Alfonso
• Formato: tesis de grado
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Repositorio: UPCH-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.upch.edu.pe:20.500.12866/9034
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9034
• Nivel de acceso: acceso embargado
• Materia: Percepción; Propietarios; Mascotas; COVID-19; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.02.03; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.03.01

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated uncertainty and concern in the population, regarding the possibility of transmission from animals to humans. The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of companion animal owners about the risk of infection of their pets with COVID-19 in Lima - Peru. A virtual modality epidemiological survey was applied to 408 owners based on demographic information, knowledge about the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, cases of infection, handling of the pet and perception of the risk of infection. The information analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics. The most frequently recognized means of transmission of COVID-19 was through infected people (93.6%), respiratory problems were little observed in dogs (8.1%) and cats (2.2%), against which the owners went to the Veterinarian (61.4%), showing an emotional response of concern (79.7%), sadness (34.8%) and fear (25.0%); however, 80.6% did not associate respiratory problems in the pet with COVID-19. The owners walk their pets with a daily frequency and more than once (38.1%), not using any type of protection for the animals (65.4%) and only restraints (21.3%). The walk lasted mainly between 10 to 20 minutes (45.4%) around the block (46.2%) and in parks (36.0%), adopting baths and foot washing as prevention measures more frequently (73.4%), thus such as social distancing (80.4%), use of personal protective equipment (79.7%) and the use of alcohol / disinfectant (60.8%). The information obtained will make it possible to address this problem from a Veterinary Medical point of view and establish prevention and control measures.