Table 6.
Perception on climate influence on ticks and control of ticks among veterinary medicine students in three veterinary education establishments in Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt, respectively, before and after getting courses of parasitology.
| Number in the group/Number of questioned students (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question (Answers) |
Algeria |
Tunisia |
Egypt |
Overalls |
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| Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |
| Do you think that climate influences ticks? | ||||||||
| Yes | 13/49 (26) x,ab | 97/116 (83.6) y,ab | 29/50 (58) x,ab | 58/68 (85) y,ab | 23/89 (25.8) x,ab | 143/186 (77) y,ab | 65/188 (34.6) x,ab | 298/370 (80.5) y,ab |
| No | 0/49 (0) | 3/116 (2.6) | 1/50 (2) | 2/68 (3) | 1/89 (1.2) | 2/186 (1) | 2/188 (1.1) | 7/370 (1.9) |
| No answer | 36/49 (74) | 16/116 (13.8) | 20/50 (40) | 8/68 (12) | 65/89 (73) | 41/186 (22) | 121/188 (64.3) | 65/370 (17.6) |
| How does climate influence ticks? | ||||||||
| Heat | 7/13 (53) x,aa | 69/97 (71.1) x,ab | 13/29 (44.83) x,aa | 24/58 (41.4) x,ab | 12/23 (52.2) x,ab | 65/143 (45.4) y,ab | 32/65 (49.2) x,ab | 158/298 (53) y,ab |
| Humidity | 2/13 (15) | 7/97 (7.2) | 2/29 (6.9) | 9/58 (15.5) | 2/23 (8.7) | 16/143 (11.2) | 6/65 (9.2) | 32/298 (10.7) |
| Other | 0/13 | 2/97 (2.1) | 4/29 (13.8) | 4/58 (6.9) | 0/23 | 50/143 (34.9) | 4/65 (6.1) | 56/298 (18.8) |
| No answer | 5/13 (36) | 23/97 (23) | 11/29 (30) | 29/58 (39) | 11/23 (44) | 30/143 (20.9) | 27/65 (41.5) | 82/298 (27.5) |
| What is (are) the benefit(s) from tick control? | ||||||||
| Decrease of TBP incidence | 0/49 (0) x,ab | 32/116 (27.6) y,ab | 14/50 (28) x,ab | 52/68 (76.5) y,ab | 8/89 (9) ab | 75/186 (40.3) ab | 22/188 (11.7) x,ab | 159/370 (43) y,ab |
| Improve ofgeneral animal health status | 1/49 (2) | 30/116 (25.9) | 1/50 (2) | 0/68 (0) | 3/89 (3.4) | 27/186 (14.5) | 5/188 (2.7) | 57/370 (15.4) |
| Improve of animal productions | 1/49 (2) | 9/116 (7.8) | 1/50 (2) | 5/68 (7.3) | 2/89 (2.2) | 19/186 (10.2) | 4/188 (2.1) | 33/370 (8.9) |
| Protection of public health | 0/49 (0) | 11/116 (9.5) | 6/50 (12) | 10/68 (13.2) | 2/89 (2.2) | 5/186 (2.7) | 8/188 (4.3) | 25/370 (6.8) |
| Other | 0/49 (0) | 2/116 (1.7) | 13/50 (26) | 15/68 (22.1) | 1/89 (1.1) | 48/186 (25.8) | 14/188 (7.4) | 65/370 (17.6) |
| No answer | 48/49 (97) | 43/116 (37.1) | 10/50 (20) | 4/68 (5.9) | 75/89 (84.3) | 52/186 (28) | 133/188 (70.7) | 99/370 (26.8) |
| Why some farmers don't implement tick control measures? | ||||||||
| Ignorance | 2/49 (4) x,ab | 52/116 (44.8) y,ab | 31/50 (62) x,ab | 50/68 (73.5) y,ab | 13/89 (14.6) x,ab | 84/186 (45.2) y,ab | 46/188 (24.5) x,ab | 186/370 (50.3) y,ab |
| Financial constraints | 2/49 (4) | 22/116 (19) | 11/50 (22) | 32/68 (47.1) | 3/89 (3.3) | 35/186 (18.8) | 16/188 (8.5) | 89/370 (24.1) |
| Other reasons | 0/49 (0) | 3/116 (2.6) | 2/50 (4) | 23/68 (33.8) | 0/89 (0) | 27/186 (14.5) | 2/188 (1.1) | 53/370 (14.3) |
| No answer | 46/49 (94) | 39/116 (33.6) | 11/50 (22) | 2/68 (2.9) | 74/89 (83.1) | 69/186 (37.1) | 131/188 (69.7) | 110/370 (29.7) |
xy Percentages within the same line within the same country are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.
ab Percentages within the same column within the same group “before” or “after” are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.