Table 6.

Attitude and practice of community member respondents

Question	Response	Frequency	%
What animal husbandry do you practice? (n = 452)	Free grazing	84	19
	Zero grazing	354	80.1
	Mixed (free and zero)	4	0.9
	No report	10	2
Have you ever had anthrax infected animal(s)? (n = 800)	Yes	32	4
	No	392	49
	Do not know	376	47
If yes, what action did you take? (n = 32)	Reported to the Veterinarian	8	25
	If died, buried the dead animal	5	15.6
	Consumed meat of the dead animal	0	0
	Remove away the dead animal	7	21.9
	Use Traditional medication (local medicine, bleeding and branded)	9	28.1
	No report	3	9.4
Has any member of your family infected with anthrax? (n = 800)	Yes	84	10.5
	No	404	50.5
	Do not know	312	39
If yes, what action did you take? (n = 84)	Took the person to health facility	3	3.6
	bought drug from pharmacy	0	0
	Took to a local healer	60	71.4
	We did nothing	2	2.4
	use both (took to health center and local healer)	2	2.4
	Do not know	1	1.2
	No report	16	19.1
Do you think that vaccination of animals can prevent anthrax in animals? (n = 800)	Yes	416	52
	No	44	5.5
	Do not know	340	42.5
Do you think that vaccination of animals can prevent anthrax in humans? (n = 800)	Yes	259	32.4
	No	134	16.8
	Do not know	407	50.9
Do you think that anthrax is a serious disease of animals? (n = 800)	Yes	78	9.8
	No	418	52.3
	Do not know	304	38
Do you think that anthrax is a serious disease of humans? (n = 800)	Yes	90	11.3
	No	406	50.8
	Do not know	304	38
Were your animals vaccinated against anthrax? (n = 800)	Yes	35	4.4
	No	28	3.5
	Do not know	737	92.1