KNOWLEDGE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS TOWARDS BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS AND BRUCELLOSIS AMONG THE COMMUNITY IN LAY GAYINT DISTRICT, SOUTH GONDAR ZONE, AMHARA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Zoonoses are the current global public health challenges. Animal origin food borne zoonoses are transmitted from animal to humans and vies versa. It accounts 75% of all emerging and 60% of all infectious diseases. It is highly associated with consumption of raw milk and meat and direct or in direct contact with animals. Objective: To assess knowledge and associated factors towards Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis in rural community of Lay Gayint District, South Gondar Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Materials and Methods: A community based cross-sectional study design was conducted from March to April, 2017. Among 628 proportionally allocated and randomly selected households, one family member greater than 18 years old was randomly included to in the data collection. Data was entered by using Epi info Version 7 and cleaning and analysis was made by using SPSS version 20 software. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to see the influence of the different factors on the level of knowledge on the outcome variable and a p-value <0.05 was taken as statistically significant. 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Themales. Themales. The males. Themales. Themales. Themales. The overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents overall knowledge of the respondents on Bovine on Bovine on Bovine on Bovine on Bovine on Bovine on Bovine on Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were tuberculosis and brucellosis were 191(33%), 191(33%), 191(33%), 191(33%), 191(33%), knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity knowledge on zoonoticity of BTB and of BTB and of BTB and of BTB and of BTB and of BTB and of BTB and of BTB and of BTB and brucellosis were brucellosis were brucellosis were brucellosis were brucellosis were brucellosis were brucellosis were brucellosis were 199(34.4%), 273273273(47.2%) respectively. Factors like sex, residence, practice, and means of transmission and information source of the respondents were significantly associated on knowledge p-value less than 0.05.at 95% confidence interval. Where Knew means of Transmission (AOR=2.848, 95%, CI; 1.919-4.227), female sex (AOR=.580 95% CI; .394-.853), good practice (AOR= 2.42, 95% CI; 1.46-3.99), gain information source (AOR=1.69, 95% CI; 1.156-2.484) and rural residence (AOR=1.853, 95% CI; 1.092-3.143) were significantly associated with the knowledge of the participants. Conclusion and recommendations. The overall knowledge of respondents on bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis and their information source on the diseases were poor. Therefore, Awareness of the community regarding BTB and brucellosis were should be raised through collaborated works in one health philosophy from the community to high levels in both human and animal health sectors.