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. 2014 Feb 1;113(2):185–196. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.11.004

Table 7.

Results of mixed effect models evaluating actions animal owners from would take towards an emerging disease and a disease with high mortality in southern Bolivia.

Scenario Variable OR (95% CI)c P-value
Action(s) you would take if a new disease affects your animals
Communicate outside the communitya Cattle owned 0.81 (0.42–1.57) 0.54
Number of animal species owned 1.19 (0.95–1.49) 0.13
Awareness of disease 1.34 (0.97–1.86) 0.07
Frequency of veterinary services visits 1.90 (0.57–1.97) 0.84
Communicate within the communitya Cattle owned 0.74 (0.33–1.66) 0.47
Number of animal species owned 1.09 (0.82–1.46) 0.57
Awareness of disease 0.95 (0.63–1.42) 0.81
Frequency of veterinary services visits 1.99 (0.86–4.64) 0.11



Action(s) most people in the community would take if a disease with high mortality affects their animals
Communicate outside the communityb Cattle owned 0.92 (0.81–1.05) 0.24
Number of animal species owned 1 (0.97–1.03) 0.87
Awareness of disease 0.97 (0.89–1.07) 0.63
Frequency of veterinary services visits 1.07 (0.98–1.17) 0.1
Communicate within the communityb Cattle owned 0.97 (0.82–1.17) 0.82
Number of animal species owned 1.05 (1.01, 1.11) 0.008
Awareness of disease 1.05 (0.93–1.18) 0.39
Frequency of veterinary services visits 1.02 (0.92–1.14) 0.67
a

All models include community as random effect and zone as fix effect.

b

All models include zone as fix effect.

c

The extent to which each variable is associated with each scenario.