DETERMINATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA
DETERMINATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA
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2017-06
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DAHIRU, MUHAMMADU HASHIM
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In a study to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices along with epidemiological factors of bovine tuberculosis from pastoralists and the communities around them in Katsina State, two Local Government Areas (LGAs) were randomly selected without replacement from each of the three Senatorial districts of the State. Furthermore, two wards from each of the selected LGAs were further randomly selected without replacement. Ten percent of the total estimated population of pastoralists in the State was used in the study. A closed-ended questionnaire was designed to capture the knowledge, attitude and practices of the respondents along with the epidemiological factors of thedisease. A total of 592 respondents participated in the study with one hundred each from five of the LGAs and 92 from the sixth LGA. From the study 510 (86.0%) respondents indicated knowing 5 animal diseases each while 49 (8.27%) and 24 (4.05%)of them knew 10 and 15 animals diseases respectively. Among the diseases they knew were CBPP (43.70%), fasciolosis (21.90%), helminthosis (19.90%), black leg (8.70%) and FMD (3.80%). They attributed their sources of knowledge of these diseases to veterinarians (28.50%), human hospitals (6.70%), friends (4.56%), fellow herdsmen (3.37%) and the media (31.25%). Furthermore, 76.01% of the respondents were aware of bovine Tb and ascribed signs of the disease in both cattle and humans as coughing (61.48%), weight loss (20.60%), and death (15.20%). They demonstrated knowledge of the means of transmission of the disease in animals as ingestion (16.80%), drinking contaminated water (36.60%) and closeness (35.90%) among infected and susceptible animals and humans while means of transmission of the disease in humans to be consumption of contaminated meat (33.10%), drinking contaminated milk or milk products (36.48%) and closeness between infected and susceptible individuals (30.40%). With regard to their attitude to tuberculosis, 87.80% of the respondents indicated eating roasted meat (‗Suya‘) daily while others indicated drinking fermented milk (81.41%) and fresh milk from the udder (66.04%) of their cattle and that 64.80% of them considered that there was no adverse effect in taking milk directly from the udder of their animals. Among the respondents, 19.42% reported eating while milking their cattle as they (10.97%) regarded that there was no adverse effect in doing so. With regard to control of diseases in both animals and humans, they reported vaccinating their children against killer diseases like tuberculosis using BCG (44.08%), and they reported to the veterinary clinics (54.39%) when their animals were sick. With respect to their practices, 54.50% of the respondents reported keeping their animals under extensive
management system while 8.70% and 36.60% of them reported keeping their animals under intensive and semi-intensive management systems respectively. Some of the respondents (19.50%) grazed their animals within 1km from their ‗Ruga‘ while 47.29% and 33.10% reported grazing their animals 2km and 3km away from their ‗Ruga‘ respectively. Some (40.37%) of the respondents reported that the distance between their ‗Buka‘ and the animals‘ kraalswere 1 metre away from the kraal while others (30.40% and 14.80%) said their ‗Bukas‘ were 5metres and 10 metres away from thecattle kraals respectively.With respect to epidemiological factors to exposure to bTB, 72.97% of the respondents reported mixing their cattle with others from other herdsdaily and that 54.39% of the pastoralists reported all suspected diseases including bTB to veterinary clinics while 29.56% were sending such animals to markets for sale. From the study it was concluded that no less than 76.01% of the respondents were aware of tuberculosis in both animals and humans and that their attitude, practices along with the presence of epidemiological factors are capable of spreading tuberculosis within their areas and beyond
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVETRSITY, ZARIAIN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF TROPICAL VETERINARY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
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DETERMINATION,, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FACTORS,, ASSOCIATED,, BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS,, SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS,, KATSINA STATE,, NIGERIA