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. 2022 Feb 2;13:47–58. doi: 10.2147/VMRR.S346806

Table 3.

Knowledge of Respondents Toward Pet Contact Associated Zoonosis

Variables Category Number Percentage (%)
Which pet contact diseases do you know? Echinococcosis 59 9.32
Toxoplasmosis 40 6.32
Rabies 443 70.00
Ring worm 45 7.08
All 46 7.27
What are the modes disease transmission? Bite 133 21.01
Bite and scratch 111 17.5
Bite and touch 34 5.41
Fecal–oral route 87 13.75
Animal waste 130 20.54
Feed and water contamination 134 21.71
Have you got any access to pet management training? Yes 84 86.7
No 549 13.3
Where did you hear about pet contact diseases? Neighbor 498 78.8
Media 26 4.2
Professional 108 17.1
Behavioral change 127 20.0
Loss of body weight 79 12.48
What are the symptoms of the pet contact disease you acknowledged? Loss of appetite 113 17.85
Itching 55 8.69
Nervous 95 15.00
Swelling 66 10.42
Diarhoea 98 15.48
How do you protect pets from disease? Vaccination 169 26.70
Sanitation 102 16.11
Isolation 134 21.17
All 200 31.59
Do nothing 28 4.42
How do you treat diseased pets? Traditional medicine 161 25.42
Use traditional medicine and drug from pharmacy 90 14.16
Use both traditional medicine and take to veterinary clinic 338 53.33
Take to veterinary clinic only 45 7.08
All 332 52.5