Table 2.
An evaluation of the livestock market, slaughterhouse and hospital visits during an integrated surveillance program for zoonoses in western Kenya.
| Site | No. of evaluated visits | Mean duration of visit (hours) | Mean no. of core team members involved | Mean no. of other staff engaged | Mean no. of animals or patients sampled per visit | No. of visits with incomplete data | Proportion of sampled animals or patients with incomplete data* | Median assessment of field visit | Main challenges encountered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livestock markets | 165 | 3.15 (1–5.5) | 3 (1–5) | 2 (1–4) | 9.9 (6–10) | 93 (56%) | 0.18 (0.1–0.8) | 3 (1–5) | 1. Refusal to participate in study 2. Inadequate restraining facilities |
| Slaughterhouses | 167** | 3.75 (1.5–6) | 3 (1–6) | 1 (0–2) | 7.7 (0–12) | 1. Poor engagement of stakeholders 2. Inadequate restraining facilities 3. Slaughter process too quick for sampling |
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| – Ruminant slaughterhouses/slabs | 140 | – | – | – | 7.4 (1–10) | 71 (51%) | 0.28 (0.1–1) | 3 (1–4) | |
| – Pig slabs | 75 | – | – | – | 3.4 (0–10) | 19 (25%) | 0.47 (0.11–1.0) | 4 (1–5) | |
| Hospitals | 165 | 4.3 (1–6.5) | 2 | 3 (0–4) | 5 (0–10) | 109 (67%) | 0.36 (0.1–1) | 3 (1–4) | 1. Poor engagement of stakeholders 2. Frequent staff turnover at some facilities 3. Low patient turn-out |
*
Proportion (and range) of patients with missing data on those visits with incomplete data.
**
Of the 167 slaughterhouse visits evaluated, 119 comprised 1 site while 48 comprised 2 site.