The application of advanced statistical methods to investigate the epidemiology and improve the surveillance of companion animal poisonings using data from a North American poison control call centre

利用北美中毒控制呼叫中心的数据，应用先进的统计方法来调查流行病学并改进伴侣动物中毒的监测

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-04386
• 负责人: Pearl, David
• 金额: $ 2.55万
• 依托单位: University of Guelph
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=631017
• 关键词: application; advanced; statistical; methods; investigate

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) operates currently a toxicology call centre that receives over 100,000 calls each year from across Canada and the United States. The APCC maintains a large database concerning animal cases involving pesticide, drug, plant, metal and other toxin exposures in a variety of species including companion animals like cats and dogs. Their database includes information concerning the characteristics of the animal involved (age, breed, and species), the type of caller (veterinarian or general public), clinical signs, probable organ systems involved, suspected toxin, and the geographical location and time of the call. Outbreaks of poisonings, such as those associated with contaminated pet food, have been documented and might be detected using this database for surveillance purposes with advanced statistical and epidemiological methods. Similarly, these data could offer a great deal of epidemiological information concerning regional and seasonal differences in the nature of poisoning events and the reporting of these events. This research program will conduct the following analytical studies using these data over the next five years to investigate the epidemiology of these poisoning events in cats and dogs, and the potential of these data for surveillance purposes:

美国防止虐待动物协会（ASPCA）动物中毒控制中心（APCC）目前运营着一个毒理学呼叫中心，每年收到来自加拿大和美国各地的10万多个电话。APCC维护着一个大型数据库，涉及各种物种（包括猫和狗等伴侣动物）接触杀虫剂、药物、植物、金属和其他毒素的动物病例。 他们的数据库包括有关动物特征（年龄，品种和物种），呼叫者类型（兽医或公众），临床体征，可能涉及的器官系统，疑似毒素以及呼叫的地理位置和时间的信息。中毒事件的爆发，如与受污染的宠物食品有关的中毒事件，已被记录在案，并可能利用该数据库进行检测，以便采用先进的统计和流行病学方法进行监测。同样，这些数据可以提供大量关于中毒事件性质和报告这些事件的区域和季节差异的流行病学信息。 该研究计划将在未来五年内使用这些数据进行以下分析研究，以调查猫和狗中毒事件的流行病学，以及这些数据用于监测目的的潜力：