NÍVEL DE CONHECIMENTO DE TUTORES DE ANIMAIS ATENDIDOS NO HOSPITAL VETERINÁRIO DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ SOBRE GIARDÍASE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.86019020913

• Palavras-chave: Giardíase; Zoonose; Educação sanitária

• Keywords: Giardiasis; Zoonosis Sanitary education

• Abstract:

  Diseases transmitted between domestic animals and humans (zoonosis)

  constitute an important public health problem. Thus, understanding the population’s

  perception of the risk of zoonotic diseases, mainly dealing with those transmitted by

  pets, dog and cat, is a tool of great value. The objective of this research was to evaluate

  the knowledge of tutors of animals attended at the veterinary Hospital of the Federal

  University of Piauí (HVU/UFPI) regarding giardiasis. The research was applied by

  undergraduate students in veterinary medicine of the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI),

  during the months of April and May 2018, where a specific questionnaire was prepared

  for this study, containing six questions, related their knowledge on giardiasis. Of the

  total number of interviewees, 40% had already heard about Giardiasis, 21% of these

  individuals knew that the disease was considered a zoonosis, which demonstrates

  that less than half of the interviewees had extense knowledge on giardiasis, thus

  highlighting the importance of sanitary education as a way to disseminate information

  to the population about neglected parasitic diseases of zoonotic character, as is the

  case of giardiasis.

• Número de páginas: 15