Situación de la tenencia de fauna silvestre en condiciones de mascota, en los hogares del distrito de Guadalupe, Goicoechea

Se aplicó una encuesta en 364 hogares, de los cuáles 44 cuentan con la presencia de uno o más individuos en cautiverio. Se encontró que la especie de mayor preferencia para ser mantenida como mascota es la tortuga de orejas amarillas (Trachemys emolli). A pesar de que el 76,2% de las personas entrevistadas está en contra de la tenencia de fauna silvestre como mascota, un 12,2% mantiene actualmente uno o más individuos en cautiverio, lo cual demuestra que esta costumbre se encuentra arraigada culturalmente dentro de la población. En total se hallaron 83 individuos entre aves y reptiles. La mayor cantidad de viviendas con fauna silvestre en cautiverio se encuentra en el sector Oeste del distrito, el cual presenta una concentración de servicios y comercios

Modelo de los Cinco Dominios para la evaluación del bienestar animal: caso de un león africano (Panthera leo)

The Five Domains Model is a tool to evaluate the state of animal welfare in captivity through the monitoring of subjective, both negative and positive experiences. There are four physical and functional domains: nutrition, environment, health and behavior; while the fifth domain called mental state is an affective experience. In cases where all domains reach an optimal state, the animal is said to be in good health. In this report, The Five Domains Model was applied to evaluate the management of animal welfare of a resident lion of the Simón Bolívar National Zoological Park and Botanical Garden, Costa Rica, during osteoarthritis treatment received between May and December 2016.El modelo de los cinco dominios es una herramienta que permite evaluar el estado de bienestar animal bajo cuidado humano a través del seguimiento de experiencias subjetivas, negativas y positivas. Existen cuatro dominios atribuidos como físicos y funcionales que son: nutrición, medio ambiente, salud y comportamiento; en tanto que el quinto dominio denominado estado mental, es una experiencia afectiva. En los casos donde todos los dominios alcanzan un estado óptimo se dice que el animal se encuentra con bienestar. En este reporte se aplicó el modelo de los cinco dominios para evaluar el manejo del bienestar animal de un león residente del Parque Zoológico y Jardín Botánico Nacional Simón Bolívar, Costa Rica, durante el tratamiento de osteoartrosis recibido entre mayo a diciembre de 2016

Neurological comorbidity is a predictor of death in Covid-19 disease: A cohort study on 576 patients

[Introduction]: Prognosis of Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients with vascular risk factors, and certain comorbidities is worse. The impact of chronic neurological disorders (CND) on prognosis is unclear. We evaluated if the presence of CND in Covid-19 patients is a predictor of a higher in-hospital mortality. As secondary endpoints, we analyzed the association between CND, Covid-19 severity, and laboratory abnormalities during admission.[Methods]: Retrospective cohort study that included all the consecutive hospitalized patients with confirmed Covid-19 disease from March 8th to April 11th, 2020. The study setting was Hospital Clínico, tertiary academic hospital from Valladolid. CND was defined as those neurological conditions causing permanent disability. We assessed demography, clinical variables, Covid-19 severity, laboratory parameters and outcome. The primary endpoint was in-hospital all-cause mortality, evaluated by multivariate cox-regression log rank test. We analyzed the association between CND, covid-19 severity and laboratory abnormalities.[Results]: We included 576 patients, 43.3% female, aged 67.2 years in mean. CND were present in 105 (18.3%) patients. Patients with CND were older, more disabled, had more vascular risk factors and comorbidities and fewer clinical symptoms of Covid-19. They presented 1.43 days earlier to the emergency department. Need of ventilation support was similar. Presence of CND was an independent predictor of death (HR 2.129, 95% CI: 1.382–3.280) but not a severer Covid-19 disease (OR: 1.75, 95% CI: 0.970–3.158). Frequency of laboratory abnormalities was similar, except for procalcitonin and INR.[Conclusions]: The presence of CND is an independent predictor of mortality in hospitalized Covid-19 patients. That was not explained neither by a worse immune response to Covid-19 nor by differences in the level of care received by patients with CND.Peer reviewe