Table 2 Knowledge of animal brucellosis among household heads from nomadic pastoralists and mixed farming households, 2012–2013
Variable | Category | Total | Nomadic Pastoralists | Mixed Farmers | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Total households | Â | 575 (100.0) | 204 (35.5) | 371 (64.5) | Â |
Are animals affected?a | Yes | 176 (36.7) | 53 (31.0) | 123 (39.9) | < 0.001 |
No | 118 (24.6) | 61 (35.7) | 57 (18.5) | ||
Don’t Know | 185 (38.6) | 57 (33.3) | 128 (41.6) | ||
Which animals are affected? | Cattle | 164 (28.6) | 33 (16.2) | 131 (35.5) | < 0.001 |
Goats | 116 (20.2) | 60 (29.4) | 56 (15.2) | < 0.001 | |
Sheep | 74 (12.9) | 31 (15.2) | 43 (11.7) | 0.251 | |
Camels | 26 (4.5) | 19 (9.3) | 7 (1.9) | < 0.001 | |
How brucellosis spread among animals? | Ingestion of contaminated pasture | 3 (0.5) | 52 (25.5) | 91 (24.5) | 0.226 |
Sexually | 3 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | 11 (3.0) | 0.064 | |
Contact with wild animals | 1 (0.2) | 3 (1.5) | 4 (1.1) | 0.697 | |
Others | 314 (54.8) | 91 (44.6) | 147 (39.8) | 0.307 | |
Signs and symptoms of brucellosis? | Abortion | 53 (9.3) | 38 (18.6) | 15 (4.1) | < 0.001 |
Swollen joints | 33 (5.8) | 30 (14.7) | 3 (0.8) | < 0.001 | |
Reduced milk production | 23 (4.0) | 1 (0.49) | 22 (5.96) | 0.003 | |
Swollen testes | 3 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.8) | 0.556 | |
Infertility | 3 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | 1 | |
Retained placenta | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.356 | |
Don’t know | 314 (58.8) | 76 (37.3) | 238 (64.5) | < 0.001 | |
How can brucellosis be prevented? | Drug treatment | 70 (12.2) | 33 (16.2) | 37 (10.0) | 0.043 |
Vaccination | 57 (10.0) | 13 (6.4) | 44 (11.9) | 0.048 | |
Slaughter | 2 (0.4) | 2 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.126 | |
Don’t know | 287 (50.1) | 95 (46.6) | 192 (52.0) | 0.244 |