Angesom Hadush Desta
Public Awareness and Practices of Pastoral and Agro Pastoral Community Towards Zoonotic &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Brucella&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; Infection in Afar Regional State of North East Ethiopia
Samara University
camel brucellosis represents major public health hazard affects social economic development various developing countries including pastoral areas ethiopiaa crosssectional study conducted determine public awareness attitude practices pastoralists agro pastoralists animal health assistants human health professionals towards zoonotic brucella infection region using questionnairea total 168 respondents 56 individuals district interviewedaccording logistic regression analysis literacy found statistically significant p005 association awareness community diseaseall respondents expressed consume raw milk use protective material handling parturient camels removing placenta andor aborted materialsonly 13 77 knowledge brucellosis 98 583 respondents family members fever unknown cause signs brucellosisduring study 40 animal health assistants participated almost knowledge zoonotic brucella infectionmoreover 112 human health professionals included study 14 125 knowledge zoonotic brucella infectionbut none ever diagnosed disease humans reason diagnosis problem lack facility attention given diseasethe questionnaire survey revealed knowledge gap community also human health professionals zoonotic brucella infection study areaseven though animal health assistants better awareness disease collaborate human health professionals create awareness community prevent diseasetherefore public education modern animal husbandry disease prevention risk zoonotic brucella infection imparted continuously