Knowledge Attitude and Practices (KAPs) on Control of Bovine African Trypanosomosis in Pastoral Communities Surrounding Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Loading...
Date
2020
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Research Square
Abstract
A survey was done among pastoral communities surrounding Murchison Falls National
Park, Uganda to assess knowledge, attitude and practices about the control of bovine traypanosomosis.
Methods: This was done using participatory methods and structured questionnaire.
Results: The majority of the participants had ever seen tsetse flies and had ever heard about
trypanosomosis with no significant difference (P > 0.05) across the five sub counties About 116
participants (73.9%) stated that trypanosomosis was a major disease in their area and across the five
sub counties significant difference (P < 0.05) was observed. Farmers grazing near national parks and
animals sharing grazing land and watering points with wild life respectively were considered the main
causes of Bovine trypanosomosis. A significant difference (P < 0.01) in knowledge of farmers about the
causes and signs of trypanosomosis in the study sub counties was observed. There was a high
significant difference (P < 0.01) in control practices of trypanosomosis used in the study sub counties
with the majority of farmers (58.6%) using insecticide treated cattle and significantly differed across the
sub counties.
Conclusion: The majority of participants had ever heard/seen tsetse flies and had ever heard about
Nagana. Grazing near national parks and animal sharing grazing land and watering points with wildlife
were the main causes of trypanosomosis. Insecticide treated cattle and not grazing in areas infested with
tsetse flies were the major control practices of trypanosomosis. Knowledge about the disease, farmers’
attitude and control practices have overtime contributed to the pastoral communities and their cattle
developing the needed resilience for survival in this high risk area.
Description
Keywords
Bovine Trypanosomosis, Murchison Falls, Knowledge, Practices, Attitudes
Citation
Kizza, D., Ocaido, M., Mugisha, A., Nalule, S., Onyuth, H., Musinguzi, S. P., & Waiswa, C. (2020). Knowledge Attitude and Practices (KAPs) on Control of Bovine African Trypanosomosis in Pastoral Communities Surrounding Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-80628/v1