Evaluation of Smallholder Farmers’Awareness of Cattle Diseases in Svay Rieng and Prey Veng Provinces,Cambodia

作     者：Khoeun Sokun Kong Saroeun Theng Kouch Bun Chan Ren Theary Ith Manay Chan Bunyeth Kong Sokom 

作者机构：Faculty of AgricultureUniversity of Svay RiengSvay Rieng 200705Cambodia Royal University of AgriculturePhnom Penh 12400Cambodia General Directorate of Animal Health and Production 120603Cambodia 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering(B)》 (环境科学与工程（B）)

年 卷 期：2023年第12卷第1期

页      面：34-40页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：Awareness smallholder farmers brucellosis LSD 

摘      要：In Cambodia,cattle are used as draught power,sources of fertilizer,sources of assets,and for meat *** to some contagious illnesses such as hemorrhagic septicemia and foot-and-mouth disease(FMD),they mostly have low reproductivity and poor physical *** those diseases,brucellosis is starting to appear in cattle production in rural Cambodia and is highly transmissible to ***,the objective of this study was to evaluate the farmers’awareness of cattle diseases and their transmissibility in the country.A survey was conducted in two provinces,Svay Rieng and Prey Veng,in Cambodia,starting from July 2021 to January 2022.A sample size of 216 was randomly selected from the two provinces by using Taro Yamane,and the selection criteria were that the targeted households must have at least two cows.A pre-determined questionnaire was utilized to collect data on number of cattle,raising type,feeding system,source of cattle purchase,hygienic condition,waste management,cattle disease,body score condition and *** a result,86% of the respondents in Prey Veng province and 99.07% in Svay Rieng province have cattle *** farmers raise 5 to 10 cattle per household,while other farmers raise 10 to 15 calves,or 15-20 or more than 20 heads,while only 20% of smallholder farmers in Prey Veng were able to raise 5 to 10 male cattle per *** all the interviewees,90% recognized FMD based on clinical signs such as blisters on the feet,loss of appetite,salivation and painful,red,blister-like lesions on the ***,60% know lumpy skin disease(LSD)due to skin *** one knew about *** findings suggest that the knowledge farmers have over cattle disease is very limited and this needs more support from related institutions to raise their awareness in order to cope with cattle disease correctly and timely.