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Awareness, attitude, and practice about zoonotic diseases among different owners of jobs and crafts in Al-Shatrah District, Dhi Qar Province, south of Iraq
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, MOHAMMED MOHSIN AZIZ, ALI MAZAHEM SHANJAR
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This survey is achieved to evaluate the degree of knowledge, attitude, and prac¬tice among different jobs and craft owners toward zoonotic illnesses in Al-Shatra District, Dhi Qar Province, south of Iraq. A total of 485 interviewees were randomly selected and data was obtained by a questionnaire-based survey. The questions were about awareness of zoonosis, health management, the transmission of diseases by different domestic animal species and consumption of their products, awareness of animals pet management, the transmission of diseases by wild-animal diseases, the impact of natural disaster on zoonosis, and extension of government or private-sector zoonosis work. The results showed that meat (43.92 percent) is the main way of transmitting zoonotic disease, with egg (18.14 percent) and milk (13.61 percent), depending on the levels of awareness of the different interviewers. There was more or less a similar concern about pet animal care (23, 71%) and wildlife zoonotic disease (26, 69%). It was noted that 33.81 percent of respondents were aware of the zoonotic infection caused by natural disasters. The participants also suggested that the government or the private sector offered extension services on zoonotic infection were 34, 22 percent. Among all the respondents, animal departure workers and teachers were very aware of the zoonotic infection. Zoonosis awareness in livestock keepers was high, followed by the health workers, teachers, and others. The present research found that practitioners or non-health trainees are not aware of zoonotic diseases with low education history. Further research needs to be undertaken to test zoonotic prevention and control approaches in the field of study.
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zoonotic, KAP, animals, diseases, Iraq, Dhi-Qar
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.510
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