Knowledge Attitude and Practices (KAPs) on Control of Bovine African Trypanosomosis in Pastoral Communities Surrounding Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorKizza, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorOcaido, Michaeal
dc.contributor.authorMugisha, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorNalule, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorOnyuth, Howard
dc.contributor.authorMusinguzi, Simon Peter
dc.contributor.authorWaiswa, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-09T16:12:22Z
dc.date.available2023-02-09T16:12:22Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractA 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKizza, 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/v1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-80628/v1
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7691
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherResearch Squareen_US
dc.subjectBovine Trypanosomosisen_US
dc.subjectMurchison Fallsen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectPracticesen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.titleKnowledge Attitude and Practices (KAPs) on Control of Bovine African Trypanosomosis in Pastoral Communities Surrounding Murchison Falls National Park, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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