Knowledge and Preventive Practices of Abattoir Workers toward Bovine Tuberculosis in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a zoonotic bacterial disease of animals that causes substantial economic losses in underdeveloped countries such as Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study was conducted from May 2021 to August 2021 in the Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia using a designed questionnaire to assess risk, perception, and protective behavior against bTB. For this purpose, a total of 250 randomly chosen meat handlers working at six main, purposively selected abattoirs were interviewed, and the data were analyzed using STATA v. 13 software. Of the total participants interviewed, 37.0% (57/152) of the respondents strongly agreed that contracting bTB would prevent them from coming to work, whereas 32.4% (44/136) of them stayed in bed for an extended period. Knowledge-based analysis revealed th

SUBMITTER: Mathewos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11376168 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature