Human and hunting dog interactions in the united states: Insights into potential Zoonotic disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza virus transmission

As identification of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) outbreaks in mammals increase, there is a growing concern over potential transmission between humans and animals, especially hunting dogs that retrieve waterfowl. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of bird hunters to characterize hunting practices, interactions between humans and their hunting dogs, disease prevention practices, and contact between their hunting dogs and other dogs. Descriptive statistics were produced from the survey to summarize human-dog interactions and hunting practices. A majority of participants viewed their hunting dog as part of the family. However, few participants used personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling either a sick dog or harvested birds. This study provides unique insights into human-hunting dog interactions, which are critical to defining risks for pathogen transmission between hunting dogs and humans, and implementing preventive measures to mitigate those risks.
, , # Data from: Human and hunting dog interactions in the united states: Insights into potential Zoonotic disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza virus transmission

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.2jm63xt2w](10.5061/dryad.2jm63xt2w)

## Description of the data and file structure

This data file contains the data and code for the results of this study.

### Files and variables

#### File: hunt_data.csv

**Description:** Raw data of the survey responses collected. Checkbox options on the survey are displayed as individual variables. Checked boxes were recoded to a variable name and unchecked boxes were recoded as NA. 

##### Variables

* Cells containing \"NA\": Not applicable. For questions on the survey that enabled a participant to \"Select all that apply,\" any unchecked boxes were coded as NA.
* Empty cells: Empty cells occur in the dataset if the participant was not given the opportunity to respond to that question. Due to the branching logic of the survey and depending on how the parti..., Personally identifiable information (PII) was not collected. Specific dates and times of data collection were removed from the public data. The public data does include the month and year of when the data was collected. This study was approved through the University of Washington Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human subjects research (STUDY00000042).