ISSN 2756-388X
International Journal of Plant and Animal Sciences ISSN: 2167-0437 Vol. 1 (8), pp. 073-076, October, 2013. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Control measures followed by livestock owners with respect to zoonotic diseases
*Dr. Manoj Kumar Pandey (MVSc) and Dr. H.R. Meena (Senior scientist)
Indian Veterinary Research Institute Bareilly U.P. India.
*Correspondent Authors. E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 06 September, 2013
Abstract
Zoonoses are infections naturally transmitted between vertebrate animals and humans. An exploratory Interview- schedule based study of livestock owners (n=120) was carried out in Basti and Gorakhpur Districts of Uttar Pradesh, to assess control measures followed by livestock owners with respect to zoonotic diseases. A combination of closed and open-ended questions and ranking techniques were employed to gather information on perceptions concerning the type of zoonoses prevalent in the study area, level of risk, mode of transmission, methods of preventing disease transmission from animals to humans. The results demonstrated that livestock owners regular clean shed and their animals, treat their animal by para-veterinarians and used practice like cleaning of teat of animals etc., These results suggest that in the Basti and Gorakhpur Districts of Uttar Pradesh, had low awareness of zoonoses, combined with food consumption habits and poor animal husbandry are likely to expose respondents to an increased risk of contracting zoonoses. Public health promotion on education and inter-disciplinary one-health collaboration between vets, public health practitioners and policy makers should result in a more efficient and effective joint approach to the diagnosis and control of zoonoses in Uttar Pradesh.
Key words: Veterinarians, zoonoses, transmission, para veterinarians, awareness.