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VOL. 9, ISSUE 2 (2024)
Knowledge attitude and practices of bovine tuberculosis in abattoirs and slaughter slabs in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria
Authors
E Godwin, Abdulsalam AM
Abstract
Bovine tuberculosis is a zoonotic and re-emerging disease occurring
worldwide resulting in billions of dollars losses and death annually. The
situation on economic and other losses are worse in developing countries like
Nigeria. In a study to determine knowledge, attitude and practice on bovine
tuberculosis, structural closed ended questionnaire was administered. Two
hundred and eighty six (286) study participants were interviewed one on one and
questionnaire administered. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to
analyze the data and variables (social demographic characteristic). Of the
respondents 244(85.3%) were male and 42 (14.7%) were female. The knowledge,
attitude and practice on bovine tuberculosis on interviewed indicated that 256
(89.5%) have knowledge of the disease while 201 (70.4%) strongly agreed that
bovine tuberculosis pathogen constituted an occupational hazard and only 25
(8.7%) disagreed. 186 (65.0%) of the participants strongly agreed that
personnel protective equipment was not conducive to work with as against who 46
(16.8%) agreed while 54 (18.8) were neutral. The study indicated a high
knowledge, attitude and practice on bovine tuberculosis among the butchers and
abattoir workers in the study areas. Bovine tuberculosis is a disease of public
health concern and one health oriented approach should be instituted to
mitigate control measures as well as more awareness on bovine tuberculosis in
Nigeria.
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Pages:62-67
How to cite this article:
E Godwin, Abdulsalam AM "Knowledge attitude and practices of bovine tuberculosis in abattoirs and slaughter slabs in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria". International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research, Vol 9, Issue 2, 2024, Pages 62-67
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