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State and Local Perspective on Implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dog Confinement Agreement
Author(s) -
Zaganjor I.,
Sinclair J. R.,
Coleman M. S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
zoonoses and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1863-2378
pISSN - 1863-1959
DOI - 10.1111/zph.12207
Subject(s) - notice , limiting , disease control , rabies , agency (philosophy) , business , control (management) , environmental health , medicine , political science , virology , computer science , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence
Summary The C enters for D isease C ontrol and P revention ( CDC ) works in conjunction with state, territorial, local and tribal agencies ( STLTA s) to prevent the transmission of infectious agents. Issuance of confinement agreements using CDC F orm 75.37 ‘Notice to Owners and Importers of Dogs’ to importers of dogs that are not vaccinated or incompletely vaccinated against rabies is part of the agency's regulatory programme to prevent the entry of dogs infected with rabies. Although this is a regulatory programme that depends heavily on partnerships between CDC and STLTA s, CDC had never formally evaluated the acceptability of the confinement agreement process with these partners. Thus, a short survey of nine STLTA s was conducted to evaluate whether these partners have enough personnel and resources to implement the regulation and their general opinions of the confinement agreement process. The results illustrate that CDC partners are dissatisfied to some extent with the process, and there are multiple issues limiting their success in enforcing the regulation.