Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards cystic echinococcosis in livestock among selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda
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Date
2018
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Tropical animal health and production
Abstract
A cross-sectional study was done from March 2013
to May 2014 to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices
towards cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatidosis among selected
pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda. A
structured questionnaire was administered to 381 respondents.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis was done to find the
relationship between knowledge about CE and factors such as
age, sex, and level of education across all regions. The odds
ratio and confidence interval were used to determine the difference
in responses across regions. It was shown that age
above 36 years was significantly (p < 0.001) associated with
awareness about CE in livestock. Likewise, uneducated
(p < 0.0001) and agro-pastoralists (p = 0.01) were significantly
less knowledgeable than the educated and pastoralists
across all regions. The overall knowledge towards CE in livestock
was low 17.8% (95% CI = 14.0–21.6). Dog ownership
was high and they never dewormed their freely roaming dogs.
Dogs shared water with livestock. In conclusion, knowledge
about CE in livestock was low across all regions. Therefore,
public health education and formulation of policies towards its
control by the relevant stakeholders should be done. Also, the
true prevalence of CE in livestock needs to be done so that the
magnitude and its public health significance are elucidated
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Keywords
Echinococcus granulosus, Knowledge, Pastoralists, Livestock, Uganda
Citation
Omadang, L., Chamai, M., Othieno, E., Okwi, A., Inangolet, F. O., Ejobi, F., ... & Ocaido, M. (2018). Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards cystic echinococcosis in livestock among selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda. Tropical animal health and production, 50(1), 11-17. DOI 10.1007/s11250-017-1394-5