01674nas a2200265   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260007000043653002200113653001900135653002000154653002000174653001100194100001200205700001400217700001300231700001200244700001500256700001200271700001500283245010400298490000800402520098400410022001401394       2020                            d  c05/2020bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGaHannover10aveterinary ethics10aresponsibility10aethical dilemma10aculling of dogs10aRopohl1 aG Alobo1 aA Kahunde1 aV Luyckx1 aS Okech1 aJ Semakula1 aD Agaba1 aS Hartnack00aCulling dogs to control rabies in Uganda – an example of moral distress for a veterinary officer0 v1333 aDomestic 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.  a0005-9366