Dairy farmers have minimal knowledge of bovine tuberculosis: A cross-sectional study in Bhutan.

ABSTRACT: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic disease of cattle and the leading cause of zoonotic tuberculosis. In Bhutan, there is no dedicated program for bTB despite the country being situated in the bTB enzootic region, where a large section of population relies on cattle and raw milk and, dairy products are widely consumed.To contribute to the design of future education, surveillance, mitigation, and control programs, we investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and practices relevant to bTB among dairy farmers. We surveyed 264 farmers in Thimphu, Paro, and Haa Dzongkhags. These farmers contribute to supplying the eight milk outlets in the capital, Thimphu. We found that only 11 farmers (4.2%; confidence interval 95%: 2.1% - 7.3%) were aware that bTB existed, and only five of them (1.9%; CI 95%

SUBMITTER: Villanueva-Cabezas JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12721510 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature