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 |