Determinants of cattle farmers’ awareness and attitude towards prevention and control of Cysticercus bovis in Botswana

摘要

Thisstudyexaminedthedeterminantsofcattlefarmers#8217;awarenessandattitudetowardspreventionandcontrolofCysticercusnbsp;BovisinBotswana.nbsp;Simplerandomsamplingtechniquewasusedtoselect68cattlefarmersfromthreeextensionareasinKgattleng-district.Astructuredquestionnairewhichhadearlierbeensubjectedtofacevalidityandhasareliabilitycoefficientof0.92wasusedtocollectdatafromthesampledcattlefarmers.nbsp;DatawasanalyzedusingStatisticalPackageforSocialSciences(SPSS)withfrequencycounts,percentages,means,standarddeviationandmultipleregressionanalysis.nbsp;Theresultsofthestudyshowedthatmajorityofcattlefarmers(53.1%)wereatleast30yearsold,51.5%hadformaleducation,64.8%offarmershavelessthan10yearsoffarmingexperience,51.5%werenotmarriedand70.8%offarmersearnlessthanP1000.00asincome.nbsp;Themostprominentattitudinalstatementasrankedbythefarmersweretapeworminfectioncausesalotofconcerntofarmers(3.91),nbsp;cattleareinfectedafteringestingtapewormeggsinhumanfaeces(3.91).Commoncontrolmethodswerenbsp;nbsp;usingtoilets(85.3%),coveringthefeacestopreventcattlegainingaccesstothefeaces(73.5%),acquiringinformationondiseasesofthelivestock(72.1%)andnbsp;attendingshortcoursesandcommunitymeetingnbsp;aboutpreventionandcontrolofzoonosis(72.1%).Significantdeterminantsnbsp;offarmers#8217;awarenessofnbsp;nbsp;preventionandcontrolprogrammesofnbsp;Cysticercusnbsp;Boviswereage(t=-2.13),educationallevel(t=3.14),numberofdependants(t=2.12),sourcesofinformation(t=2.04),visittoveterinaryoffice(t=-1.71),nbsp;andattendanceofhealthworkshop(t=1.70),whilethedeterminantsofattitudetowardspreventionandcontrolofCysticercusnbsp;Boviswereage(t=2.46),educationallevel(t=2.57),farmingexperience(t=2.65),numberofdependants(t=1.70),sourcesofinformation(t=2.93),herdcomposition(t=1.80),timespentonfarm(t=1.57),andorganisationmembership(t=1.86).