TY - JOUR KW - veterinary ethics KW - responsibility KW - ethical dilemma KW - culling of dogs KW - Ropohl AU - G Alobo AU - A Kahunde AU - V Luyckx AU - S Okech AU - J Semakula AU - D Agaba AU - S Hartnack AB - 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. BT - Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift CY - Hannover DA - 05/2020 DO - 10.2376/0005-9366-19052 LA - Englisch N2 - 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. PB - Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG PP - Hannover PY - 2020 T1 - Culling dogs to control rabies in Uganda – an example of moral distress for a veterinary officer T2 - Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift TI - Culling dogs to control rabies in Uganda – an example of moral distress for a veterinary officer TT - Das Keulen von Hunden zur Tollwutbekämpfung in Uganda – ein Beispiel für moral distress einer Amtstierärztin VL - 133 SN - 0005-9366 ER -