Assessment of Knowledge,Attitude and Practices(KAPS)of Anthrax among Pastoralists in Wajir,Isiolo and Marsabit Counties,Kenya
作者机构：IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School and Reference Centre(ISTVS)SheikhSomaliaP.O.Box 7491600200NairobiKenya Department of Public HealthPharmacology and ToxicologyUniversity of NairobiNairobiSomaliaP.O.Box 2905300625NairobiKenya
出 版 物：《Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology(A)》 (农业科学与技术（A）)
年 卷 期：2019年第9卷第1期
页 面：56-63页
学科分类：09[农学]
主 题：Anthrax KAPS Kud cutaneous sores
摘 要：Anthrax is an important zoonotic disease in Kenya causing high morbidity and mortality in both human and *** is endemic in the *** objective of this study was to assess the knowledge,attitude and practices(KAPS)of anthrax among pastoralists in Wajir,Isiolo and *** study was cross-sectional whereby various areas of anthrax outbreaks were identified through the veterinary departments in the three study counties of Wajir,Isiolo and *** areas were visited and using systematic sampling methods,a total of 400 households were *** were collected through questionnaires administered via personal *** collected included demographic characteristics of the households,knowledge on anthrax,attitude and practices on the *** had adequate knowledge on *** correctly pointed out the clinical signs of anthrax in livestock such as sudden death,bleeding from body orifices and cutanous *** indigenous knowledge was uniform in all the three *** that knowledge,they reportedly engaged in dangerous practices that would expose them to infection by *** practices included consumption of meat from suspect anthrax cases,opening of carcasses of dead animals and throwing of anthrax suspect carcasses in *** is a well known disease in this pastoral *** is a need for education programmes to be designed for this community especially with regard to proper handling of suspect anthrax *** anthrax efforts should be initiated through vaccination of livestock.
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