Darryn L Knobel
Biographic Data
| ID | 93812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Darryn L Knobel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Darryn L |
| FAMILY NAME | Knobel |
| SIGNATURE | KNOBEL D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for Conservation Medicine and Ecosystem Health, Ross University, St Kitts and Nevis, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0425-3799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Perceptions and Practices of Dog Ownership and Rabies Control at a Human-Wildlife-Domestic Animal Interface in South Africa
Rabies is efficiently controlled through mass vaccination of dogs. In an area of South Africa where free vaccination campaigns were implemented following rabies re-emergence, the required 70% vaccination coverage was challenging to reach. Understanding the factors affecting the efficiency of mass vaccination is helpful in guiding long-term rabies control efforts. This study aimed to assess the communities' knowledge and perceptions of dogs, rabie…
Children's Attitudes toward Cats on St. Kitts, West Indies
Little is known of the attitudes of Caribbean people toward freeroaming and pet cats, so we conducted a questionnaire survey of primaryschool children aged 5 to 13 years (n = 417, 206 girls and 209 boys, while two questionnaires did not indicate gender) in 23 schools around St. Kitts. Over 50% reported they owned or had owned a cat, and ownership was associated with feelings of happiness and comfort. Children reported 511 reasons for liking cats …
Development of an Item Scale to Assess Attitudes towards Domestic Dogs in the United Republic of Tanzania
Domestic dogs are important sources of rabies exposure for humans in the developing world. Control of the disease in endemic areas relies on the vaccination of owned dogs, and thus owners' attitudes and behavior towards household dogs may be of relevance to rabies control programs. However, none of the instruments used to evaluate attitudes towards companion animals have been validated for use in developing countries. In this paper, we present th…
Development of an Item Scale to Assess Attitudes towards Domestic Dogs in the United Republic of Tanzania
Domestic dogs are important sources of rabies exposure for humans in the developing world. Control of the disease in endemic areas relies on the vaccination of owned dogs, and thus owners' attitudes and behavior towards household dogs may be of relevance to rabies control programs. However, none of the instruments used to evaluate attitudes towards companion animals have been validated for use in developing countries. In this paper, we present th…
Development of an Item Scale to Assess Attitudes towards Domestic Dogs in the United Republic of Tanzania
Domestic dogs are important sources of rabies exposure for humans in the developing world. Control of the disease in endemic areas relies on the vaccination of owned dogs, and thus owners' attitudes and behavior towards household dogs may be of relevance to rabies control programs. However, none of the instruments used to evaluate attitudes towards companion animals have been validated for use in developing countries. In this paper, we present th…
Children's Attitudes toward Cats on St. Kitts, West Indies
Little is known of the attitudes of Caribbean people toward freeroaming and pet cats, so we conducted a questionnaire survey of primaryschool children aged 5 to 13 years (n = 417, 206 girls and 209 boys, while two questionnaires did not indicate gender) in 23 schools around St. Kitts. Over 50% reported they owned or had owned a cat, and ownership was associated with feelings of happiness and comfort. Children reported 511 reasons for liking cats …
Perceptions and Practices of Dog Ownership and Rabies Control at a Human-Wildlife-Domestic Animal Interface in South Africa
Rabies is efficiently controlled through mass vaccination of dogs. In an area of South Africa where free vaccination campaigns were implemented following rabies re-emergence, the required 70% vaccination coverage was challenging to reach. Understanding the factors affecting the efficiency of mass vaccination is helpful in guiding long-term rabies control efforts. This study aimed to assess the communities' knowledge and perceptions of dogs, rabie…
Medicine (3 works) · Rabies epidemiology and control (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Rabies (2 works) · Socioeconomics (2 works) · Biology (1 works) · CATS (1 works)