Table 3 Results of questionnaire on risk factors and awareness of cattle owners on bovine tuberculosis
Category | Variable | Level | Responses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | n | % |
Practices | Types of grazing system | Communal pasture | 107 | 99.1 |
Communal/own pasture | 0 | 0 | ||
Own field/paddocks | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| Â | Receiving veterinary service | No | 3 | 2.8 |
Yes | 105 | 97.2 | ||
| Â | Contact of livestock with wild animals at water sources | No | 12 | 11.1 |
Yes | 96 | 88.9 | ||
| Â | Moving animals close to protected areas searching for grazing land | No | 17 | 15.7 |
Yes | 91 | 84.3 | ||
| Â | Source of water for livestock | Shared/communal | 106 | 98.1 |
Own/communal watering points | 2 | 1.9 | ||
Knowledge of bTB | Heard about bovine tuberculosis | No | 70 | 64.8 |
Yes | 38 | 35.2 | ||
| Â | If yes, knowledge on transmission | No | 15 | 39.5 |
Yes | 23 | 60.5 | ||
| Â | Awareness of bTB in wildlife | No | 87 | 80.6 |
Yes | 21 | 19.4 | ||
| Â | Presence of any coughing animal in the herd | No | 60 | 55.6 |
Yes | 48 | 44.4 | ||
| Â | Presence of very thin and emaciated animals in the herd | No | 38 | 35.2 |
Yes | 70 | 64.8 | ||
| Â | Presence of both emaciated and coughing animals in the herd | No | 54 | 50.0 |
Yes | 54 | 50.0 | ||
| Â | Condemnation of a lung with nodular bTB like lesions | No | 94 | 87.0 |
| Â | Â | Yes | 14 | 13.0 |