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

Table 4 Participant’s response to questions measuring anthrax prevention practices

Variable (Anthrax prevention practices assessing questions)	Response	Frequency	Percent (%)
Do you take sick animals to veterinary clinics?	Yes	422	52.8
Do you take sick animals to veterinary clinics?	No	378	47.2
Do you burn or bury animals that died from anthrax?	Yes	7	0.9
Do you burn or bury animals that died from anthrax?	No	793	99.1
Do you use traditional medicine to treat sick animals?	Yes	584	73
Do you use traditional medicine to treat sick animals?	No	216	27
Do you use skin and hide of animals found dead with anthrax?	Yes	624	78
	No	176	22
Do you seek treatment at a health facility if anthrax is suspected?	Yes	441	55.1
	No	359	44.9
Do you vaccinate animals to prevent anthrax?	Yes	550	68.8
Do you vaccinate animals to prevent anthrax?	No	250	31.2
Do you consume meat from animals that are suspected to have died from anthrax?	Yes	592	74
	No	208	26

ISSN: 1746-6148