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Culling dogs to control rabies in Uganda - an example of moral distress for a veterinary officer

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  • Schluetersche Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Co Kg
Domestic dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths - approximately 60,000 annually occurring mostly in Africa and Asia. The World Health Organisation and its partners declared "zero human deaths due to canine rabies by 2030" as a strategic goal. In the context of rabies control, an ethical case scenario from the perspective of a veterinary officer in Uganda is presented. A practice-oriented tool, Ropohl's responsibility checklist, is applied to structure the individual responsibility of the veterinary officer according to the six core questions. This ethical deliberation was performed in a workshop following a participatory approach. Based on the ethical deliberation it becomes evident, that the case scenario could be potentially described by moral distress. We suggest that a better understanding of personal responsibility, including its extent and its limits, would help veterinary officers to better cope with difficult and challenging situations.

veterinary ethicsresponsibilityethical dilemmaculling of dogsRopohl

Okech, Samuel George、Semakula, Jerome Roy、Agaba, Denis、Hartnack, Sonja、Kahunde, Mary Ann、Alobo, Grace、Luyckx, Valerie

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Makerere Univ, Coll Vet Med Anim Resources & Biosecur, Dept Vet Pharm Clin & Comparat Med, Kampala, Uganda

Makerere Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, Infect Dis Inst, Kampala, Uganda

Makerere Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, Dept Psychiat, Kampala, Uganda

Univ Zurich, Vetsuisse Fac, Sect Epidemiol, Zurich, Switzerland

Minist Agr Anim Ind & Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda

Makerere Univ, Coll Vet Med Anim Resources & Biosecur, Dept Biosecur Ecosyst & Vet Publ Hlth, Kampala, Uganda

Univ Zurich, Med Fac, Inst Biomed Eth & Hist Med, Zurich, Switzerland

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2020

10.2376/0005-9366-19052

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

SCI
ISSN：0005-9366
年,卷(期)：2020.133(5/6)
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