Impact of snakebite on livestock and livelihood: a neglected issue?

Conférence Chapitre d'actes Impact of snakebite on livestock and livelihood: a neglected issue? eng 2019 author Bolon Isabelle 0000-0001-5940-2731 114399 author Babo Martins Sara 896760 author Finat Matias 747126 author Schutte S. author Ray Nicolas 0000-0002-4696-5313 126189 author Chappuis François 34709 author Alcoba G. author Ochoa Carlos 0000-0002-4841-9615 896773 author Wanda F. author Nkwescheu A. author Sharma S. Kumar author Herrera M. author Ruiz De Castaneda Rafael Luis 789107 66 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.169 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1201971218347489 Purpose: Snakebite is a neglected tropical disease that kills more than 100'000 humans and disables more than 400'000 each year. It primarily affects poor agricultural workers, farmers, cattle herders living in rural areas of developing countries. It is described as an occupational disease. But, the impact of snakebite on these rural communities could be even higher if we use a One Health approach and take into account the possible direct impact on domestic ani- mals and indirect impact on livelihood (e.g. animal losses, impaired productivity). To explore this hypothesis we developed the first scoping review to identify and characterize the global literature on snakebite in domestic animals. Methods & Materials: Three bibliographic databases (PubMed, Web of science and Agricola) were searched using terms related to snake, snakebite and domestic animals for publications up to December 31st 2016. Results: The global literature on snakebite in domestic animals (n=143 observational studies, reviews and letters) was strongly biased with most focus on North America, Europe and Australia (69%, n=143) and less on Central and South America, Asia and Africa (31%). The attention is on pets (e.g. dog and cat) (77%, n=119) and less on livestock (e.g. horse, cattle, sheep, goat, pig) (24%). Thirty-seven snake species biting domestic animals were identified. WHO's Medically Important Venomous Snakes were most frequently involved. The social-ecological determinants of snakebite are poorly documented and include a strong seasonality and a diversity of habitat. Snakebite in animals caused neuro- toxic, cytotoxic and hemotoxic envenomation syndromes similar to humans and death. Half of publications on envenomed livestock reported a fatality rate above 47%. There was no literature on the indirect impact of snakebite in animals on livelihood. Conclusion: This review identified major knowledge gaps with respect to impact of snakebite on livestock and livelihood and suggests a high burden in terms of mortality and potential economic impact. Filling these gaps is necessary for a full under- standing of snakebite and to raise awareness on this “neglected of the neglected” issue. This data gap will be addressed by an unprecedented nationwide human-animal health survey of 25'000 households in Nepal and Cameroon funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Snake Snakebite Onehealth Dewey 333.7-333.9 Dewey 613 Swiss National Science Foundation SNAKE-BYTE CH 18 Institut des sciences de l'environnement 0DB 66 Institut de santé globale 22A1 false 1275 GeoHealth: approches géospatiales et environnementales en santé globale 1000 942 ISE Biodiversité 941 ISE Pôle Informatique environnementale 1057 TIGERS International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance 9-12 November 2018 Vienne 21b43298-23b1-4dd6-95ba-26809bada4ea Proceedings chapter (Published version) Restricted 19_Bolon_et_al_JID.pdf 235137 application/pdf restrictedAccess Centres et instituts / Institut des sciences de l'environnement Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de santé globale

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Impact of snakebite on livestock and livelihood: a neglected issue?	International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance	2019	571	5
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