Table 1 Cattle owners' response to questionnaire on knowledge of BTB in relation to the wildlife-livestock interface areas (2003/4).
Question | Response | Responders | |
|---|---|---|---|
n | % | ||
Have you heard about bovine tuberculosis (BTB) | Yes | 42 | 39.6 |
No | 64 | 60.4 | |
If YES, do you know how its spread | Yes | 3 | 7.1 |
No | 39 | 92.9 | |
Are you aware of BTB in wildlife | Yes | 16 | 15.1 |
No | 90 | 84.9 | |
Type of grazing system practised | Village Resident Herds (VRH) | 7 | 6.6 |
Transhumance System (TH) | 97 | 91.5 | |
Interface System (IFH) | 2 | 1.9 | |
Have your cattle been in contact with wildlife | Yes | 55 | 51.9 |
No | 51 | 48.1 | |
Have you seen your cattle share watering points with wild animals simultaneously | Yes | 54 | 50.9 |
No | 52 | 49.1 | |
Have you sold an animal in the previous 12 months | Yes | 73 | 68.87 |
No | 33 | 31.13 | |
Where did the buyers come from | Local buyers from town | 18 | 16.9 |
Within the province | 17 | 16.1 | |
Drove animals "on hoof" to Lusaka | 39 | 36.8 | |
Can't recall | 32 | 30.2 | |
Have you ever had an animal's lungs condemned at an abattoir due to nodular growths and told its TB | Yes | 36 | 33.9 |
No | 70 | 66.1 | |