{"id":16174,"date":"2019-03-12T12:13:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/?p=16174"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:30:06","slug":"stay-up-to-date-with-capc-parasite-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/news\/stay-up-to-date-with-capc-parasite-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Up to Date with CAPC Parasite Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC<\/a>) has developed and maintains current and accurate maps on a variety of parasitic diseases, such as Lyme disease<\/a> carried by Ixodes scapularis<\/em> ticks, in the United States and Canada, based on data provided by IDEXX Laboratories and ANTECH Diagnostics. Using CAPC\u2019s map strategy means you can encourage compliance among your clients and stay up to date on what your protection strategy should be based on vector-borne disease activity in your area.<\/p>\n

The maps are a useful resource in assessing the current risks, or the forecasted risk, in the geographic area of your veterinary practice. The prevalence maps show the proportion of pets that test positive for a given infection using available assays. The forecasts represent the collective expert opinion of academic parasitologists who engage in ongoing research and data interpretation to better and monitor vector-borne disease agent transmission and changing life cycles of parasites, and are based such factors as temperature, precipitation, and population density. The CAPC Top 10 Cities report summarizes the metro areas across the U.S. that experienced the greatest percentage increase in positive heartworm disease tests during the month.<\/p>\n

Using the maps is straightforward and easy, says Craig Prior, B.V.Sc., C.V.J., immediate past president of the CAPC. \u201cOur maps are one of our friendliest products,\u201d says Prior. \u201cWe are mapping heartworm for dogs; feline heartworm antibodies; feline heartworm antigens; rickettsial tickborne diseases<\/a> \u2014 ehrlichia and anaplasma \u2014 Lyme; intestinal parasites<\/a> \u2014 hookworms, roundworms, whipworms \u2014 and giardia<\/a>. We also map feline leukemia and feline AIDS, which was done at the request of the industry and veterinarians.<\/p>\n

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The CAPC Parasite Prevalence Maps are designed to show the proportion of pets tested which test positive for a given infection using available assays. Map is courtesy of CAPC.<\/p><\/div>\n

To use the disease prevalence maps<\/a>, select the disease you want to track (Lyme disease, for example). You\u2019ll see the total number of Lyme-positive test results veterinarians have reported in the entire United States and the total number of tests conducted.<\/p>\n

This data is very useful to veterinarians and others trying to better understand the prevalence of parasites in a given practice area, but as with any survey, the results can be influenced by a number of factors, including the number of pets tested, the history of the pets prior to testing, the reason the pets were tested, and the assays used. Understanding each of these factors is critical to accurately interpreting the geographic distribution of these important disease agents.<\/p>\n

Forecasting Risk for Parasitic Disease<\/h3>\n

The CAPC\u2019s forecast maps<\/a> rely\u00a0on mathematical principles, past experience and related data to calculate which parts of the country will have parasite population flares or increasing parasitic disease incidence in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been doing forecasting for about 5 years on a national basis. We release these every April. Our forecasts are for heartworm, ehrlichia, anaplasma, and Lyme. If you\u2019re doing weather forecasting, you\u2019re going to be about 70% accurate, but our minimum accuracy is 94%,\u201d Prior says.<\/p>\n

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The CAPC forecast maps can be used to develop a protection strategy for specific parasites and help your clients stay ahead of the risk. Map is courtesy of CAPC.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re starting to do forecasting on a county basis one month in advance, so you can look at the forecast for your county for the next month for heartworm, ehrlichia, anaplasma, and Lyme, which is pretty phenomenal,\u201d says Prior. \u201cWe are also branching out and we are going to start mapping leptospirosis and flu.\u201d<\/p>\n

The county maps can be emailed as a monthly update. \u201cYou put in your state and county and the parasites you want updates for,\u201d explains Prior. \u201cWe\u2019ll send you a monthly update on what\u2019s happening in your backyard. Basically, it\u2019s local, it\u2019s timely, it\u2019s motivating. I got a report last month in Davidson County, Tennessee, where I practice. There were something like two cases of Lyme, eight cases of ehrlichia, and six cases of heartworm. Now I\u2019ve got something that\u2019s local, timely, motivating \u2014 it\u2019s happening in my county, it\u2019s happening in my neighborhood. We get on our twitter feed, Facebook page, our Instagram account \u2014 anything that we can do to connect with and motivate our clients. We want to warn them of the risks of what\u2019s happening in their backyard. There\u2019s a story there and that story needs to be spread.\u201d<\/p>\n

Top 10 Cities Report<\/h3>\n

The CAPC Top 10 Cities report<\/a> summarizes the metro areas across the United States that experienced the greatest percentage increase in positive heartworm disease tests during the month. Mosquitoes transmit the parasite that causes heartworm disease, and areas with warmer climates and stable bodies of water, such as lakes and rivers or containers of water around homes, experience higher numbers of mosquitoes that can transmit the parasite. Pets in these cities and surrounding areas may have been exposed locally or travel-related exposure may have been a contributor to these notable increases. This is why CAPC recommends year round protection of pets against heartworm disease regardless of where pets reside.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about which state has the highest amount of heartworm prevalence in the United States,\u201d says Prior. \u201cWe know that\u2019s the Southeast states, like the Mississippi Delta and Texas, and places like that. What we\u2019re looking at what is the highest increase change in prevalence for that month because that means there is something going on. This about someplace like Fargo, N.D.,or somewhere in the Midwest or Northeast, that has gone from, historically, 5 cases a month and has jumped to 20 cases. What\u2019s going on there?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Impact of Moving Shelter Dogs<\/h3>\n

Prior says there are a couple of factors that impact specific metropolitan areas that historically have not seen a lot of heartworm disease in the companion animal population. \u201cWe\u2019re now seeing massive movements of animals, especially dogs. The Northeast has a shortage of adoptable animals. Colorado has a shortage. About 4 years ago, a lot of dogs were starting to be exported to Colorado and the Northeast. And these dogs are being imported from the Southeast [many as the result of being left homeless after hurricanes].<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of these rescue-stray dogs are not being tested for heartworms, and if they are, they\u2019re not necessarily being treated for heartworm,\u201d says Prior.\u00a0 \u201cSo they\u2019re being shipped, they\u2019re going into these neighborhoods and when they\u2019re adopted out, and they\u2019re then taken to a veterinarian. A huge percentage of these dogs are heartworm positive. And this dog is now in your neighborhood and is source of potential exposure and spread of heartworm. So now we\u2019re seeing a bump in heartworm prevalence in places like Denver and the Northeast. And it\u2019s because of this movement of dogs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also reported that about a million dogs were imported into the U.S. last year,\u201d Prior says. \u201cAre these dogs being tested or treated for heartworm? We don\u2019t know. We have no clue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mosquitoes and Microclimates<\/h3>\n

Another factor is the lack of knowledge about \u201cmicroclimates.\u201d Mosquitoes can survive winters as they live in \u201cmicroclimates\u201d in the north (inside sewers, stormwater drains, crawlspaces and alleys).<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople think that it\u2019s the middle of winter and their pet is not at risk,\u201d says Prior. \u201cWith mosquitoes, it\u2019s all about microclimates. It can be 30 degrees out and there can be mosquitoes everywhere. They can thrive very well and continue to spread disease. Clients need to understand that and the need for their pets to be on year-round heartworm protection.\u201d<\/p>\n

In producing a monthly Top 10 cities heartworm report, \u201cwe\u2019re trying to act like an early warning \u2014 hey, there\u2019s something going on and you need to be aware of it,\u201d says Prior. \u201cYou need to engage your clients. If we can engage the clients, we have found that they will then go into the clinic, they will test and they will protect [their pet].\u201d<\/p>\n

The biggest challenge for veterinarians is education and compliance, says Prior. \u201cClients don\u2019t see heartworm, so they don\u2019t understand heartworm. They don\u2019t understand that it\u2019s spread my mosquitos. Or they say, \u2018it\u2019s the middle of winter, so my pet\u2019s not at risk.\u2019 So the challenge is getting clients to understand their pet needs to be on 12-month, year-round prevention. And [if they have heartworm], the sooner you get it treated, the less damage is done because the damage is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Encouraging Compliance<\/h3>\n

How can veterinarians get the message across? In some areas of the world, the heartworm is considered zoonotic<\/a>,\u201d says Prior. \u201cSo in the United States, it may in the future. A great message to your clients is \u2018protect your pet and you protect your family.\u2019\u201d It\u2019s a one-health message.\u201d<\/p>\n

The data is there to support the message. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen a 20% increase in prevalence in heartworm over the last 5 years,\u201d says Prior. \u201cThe latest estimates are that between 60 to 65% of clients walk out the door of the vet clinic without buying anything \u2014 not any heartworm prevention, not any flea and tick prevention. But a [Bayer study in 2015] found that 9 out of 10 clients are interested in what\u2019s going on with parasites in their county. So it\u2019s important that we have that conversation with every client because if 60 to 65% are walking out the door without buying anything, those pets are not protected. It\u2019s an opportunity to do a better job. It\u2019s protecting more pets, protecting more families, and you\u2019re growing your market in your practice. We should be making a firm recommendation about every patient to every client.\u201d<\/p>\n

Get the Maps<\/h3>\n

The CAPC\u2019s capcvet.org<\/a> website is for veterinarians and other veterinarian professionals.<\/p>\n

The CAPC\u2019s petsandparasites.com<\/a>\u00a0website is primarily for consumers, written at a little lower level to make it more consumer-friendly, says Prior.<\/p>\n

Learn More<\/h3>\n

For additional articles on heartworm, visit Today\u2019s Veterinary Practice\u2019s Heartworm Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the threat parasites present to pets and family members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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