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Table 2 Participant’s response to questions measuring knowledge of anthrax

From: Livestock owners’ anthrax prevention practices and its associated factors in Sekota Zuria district, Northeast Ethiopia

Variables (Knowledge assessing questions)

Response

Frequency

Percent (%)

Do you know the disease called anthrax?

Yes

786

98.3

No

14

1.7

Do you know the prevention methods of anthrax?

Yes

539

67.4

No

261

32.6

Do you know anthrax can be transmitted from animal to human?

Yes

416

52

No

384

48

Do you have knowledge about way of transmission?

Yes

342

42.7

No

458

57.3

Do you know the treatment and control methods of the disease in animal and human?

Yes

538

67.2

No

262

32.8

Do you have knowledge about carcass disposal method of anthrax?

Yes

181

22.6

No

619

77.4