ArticleTropical animal health and production2018
Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards cystic echinococcosis in livestock among selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda.
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- Risk factors and economic losses associated with cystic echinococcosis among livestock in selected pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Uganda.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice towards cystic echinococcosis among undergraduate students in China.PloS one · 2025Article
- Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis among livestock in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas in Uganda.Parasitology · 2024Article
- One hundred years of zoonoses research in the Horn of Africa: A scoping review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Review of Cystic Echinococcosis in Nigeria: A Story of Neglect.Acta parasitologica · 2020Review
- Comparison of knowledge, attitude, and practices of animal and human brucellosis between nomadic pastoralists and non-pastoralists in Kenya.BMC public health · 2020Article
- A study to assess the awareness of risk factors of cystic echinococcosis in Turkey.Saudi medical journal · 2018Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to cystic echinococcosis endemicity in Pakistan.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2018Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Beliefs of Communities and Health Staff aboutJournal of parasitology research · 2018Article
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Abstract
A cross-sectional study was done from March 2013 to May 2014 to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatidosis among selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda. A structured questionnaire was administered to 381 respondents. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was done to find the relationship between knowledge about CE and factors such as age, sex, and level of education across all regions. The odds ratio and confidence interval were used to determine the difference in responses across regions. It was shown that age above 36 years was significantly (p < 0.001) associated with awareness about CE in livestock. Likewise, uneducated (p < 0.0001) and agro-pastoralists (p = 0.01) were significantly less knowledgeable than the educated and pastoralists across all regions. The overall knowledge towards CE in livestock was low 17.8% (95% CI = 14.0-21.6). Dog ownership was high and they never dewormed their freely roaming dogs. Dogs shared water with livestock. In conclusion, knowledge about CE in livestock was low across all regions. Therefore, public health education and formulation of policies towards its control by the relevant stakeholders should be done. Also, the true prevalence of CE in livestock needs to be done so that the magnitude and its public health significance are elucidated.
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