The ICAM Guide: Theory to Practice

The ICAM Guide: Putting Theory into Practice

Mark Stevenson a, Simon Firestone a Karma Rinzin b and Andrea Britton c

a Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville Victoria 3010 b National Centre for Animal Health, Department of Livestock, Bhutan

c Vets Beyond Borders, 40 Gloucester St, The Rocks NSW 2000

Roadmap

Why monitor and evaluate?

What are the indicators?

What tools are available to help us?

Where to get help


Monitoring systematic gathering of information about defined project

indicators time specific

Evaluation a judgement around whether a project has reached its goals

and delivered what was expected according to its original plan


Funding agencies expect [demand?] this information

An opportunity to learn no out of the box solutions for dog control monitoring and evaluation provides opportunity to identify

successes and failures, and the reasons for those success and failures

Successes and failures should be reported to our peers

Roadmap




Where to get help

Anonymous, 2014. Are we making a difference? A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Dog Population Management Interventions. International Companion Animal Management Coalition, London, UK.


Indicators vary according to what were trying to achieve

Outcome Recommended indicators

dog welfare BCS, skin condition score, :ratio, # dogs culled

dog care Care behaviours in adults, care behaviours in children

population turnover # lactating pregnant , # litters per , age structure

risks to public health # dog bites, # dog rabies cases, # human rabies cases

public perception Adoption of dogs, attitudes towards dogs

rehoming Annual live release rates, intake, time in shelter

impact on wildlife Presence of dogs in wildlife areas, # predation events

impact on livestock # predation events

Roadmap




Where to get help

What tools are available?

Questionnaire delivery face-to-face interviews record responses onto questionnaire forms

many app solutions our favourite: EpiInfo

EpiInfo: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiInfo/

EpiInfo Android app: https://epiinfoandroid.codeplex.com/


Population monitoring recommended indicators: number of lactating and pregnant females number of litters per female age structure

AMRRIC dog enumeration tool


Dog enumeration provides a snap-shot estimate of dog counts, gender and

age structure in communities

capture-mark-recapture techniques can be used to estimate size of community dog populations

distribution of dog population estimates useful for making predictions of dog numbers in un-monitored communities

a valuable resource in the event of a rabies incursion


Mapping tools many open source digital mapping applications available

detailed digital maps freely available

seemless integration with Google Earth

GRASS Open Source GIS (http://grass.osgeo.org/)

Quantum GIS Open Source GIS (http://www.qgis.org/en/site/)

http://download.geofabrik.de/

http://download.geofabrik.de/

Quantum GIS Open Source GIS (http://www.qgis.org/en/site/)

Density of free-roaming dog sightings as a function of distance (metres) from: (a) garbage bins, and (b) take away food outlets, University of So Paulo, Brazil, 2010.

Roadmap




Where to get help

Where to get help

Robust reporting requires a fair bit of work clear outcomes defined target population; clarity around source and eligible

populations defined time frames clarity re study design defined sampling strategy robust data collection methods robust analytical methods energy to write the study up in preparation for peer review

Where to get help

The sin is not in doing the research nor even in publishing the results. The sin is in believing your

results

Sander Greenland

Where to get help

Universities a logical partner

What helps to make a university engage? well-defined, achievable projects for a given time frame strong collaborative links with those in the field [theory to

practice] funding for post graduate students, post-docs

Roadmap




Where to get help

Master of Veterinary Public Health

A degree program that prepares veterinarians, animal health officers and

scientists to contribute effectively in Emergency Animal Disease

responses

Australian Animal Health Laboratory

[email protected] www.vet.unimelb.edu.au/mvph

Copyright The University of Melbourne 2014

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The ICAM Guide: Theory to Practice

Documents

dog bites

dog control monitoring

indicators dog welfare

help roadmap

dog rabies cases

recommended indicators

estimate of dog counts

dog care care behaviours