Livestock owners' anthrax prevention practices and its associated factors in Sekota Zuria district, Northeast Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Ethiopia, the second most prioritized of the zoonotic diseases next to rabies is anthrax. About 50.6% of anthrax cases and 33.3% of deaths of livestock have been reported from Wag-Himra Zone, where appropriate anthrax prevention practices are not implemented by the owners of the animals. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the extent of appropriate anthrax prevention practices of livestock owners and associated factors in Sekota Zuria district, northwest Ethiopia.

Results

Twenty-five percent (95% CI: 25.2, 26.1%) of the livestock owners implemented appropriate anthrax prevention. Three quarters (74%) of the owners consumed infected meat; more than three quarters (78%) used the skins and hides of animals found dead with anthrax. The odds of appropriate

SUBMITTER: Seid K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998812 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature