Veterinary Science & Technology

Yeshibelay Girma

Publications

• Research Article
  Assessment of Community Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Milk Born Zoonoses Disease in Debre-Birhan Town, North Shewa, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Yeshibelay GirmaYeshibelay Girma
  
  A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted in Debre-Birhan town, North shoa, Ethiopia, with the objective of assessing knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of the study participants with respect to milk born zoonosis; and to determine the effect of demographic character of respondents on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of zoonosis disease. Data were collected through administering semi-structured questionnaire across the randomly selected Collection centers, Retailers, Consumers and Smallholder dairy farmers of the Towns. The questionnaire was administered to 230 respondents (5 milk collection centers, 100 consumers, 40 retailers and 85 smallholder dairy farms). The study result showed that 63.5% of the respondents from the total study population knew diseases can be acquired through cow milk, 61.3% of respondents did not know the names of milk borne zoonotic diseases, 50.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000482

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