Abstract
A questionnaire based cross-sectional study was conducted from October, 2015 to April, 2016 to assess awareness of the community towards the zoonotic importance of bovine tuberculosis in Bako town and its surrounding villages. About 480 randomly selected human populations were interviewed. Awareness of respondents about zoonotic importance of bovine tuberculosis has significantly different in different categories of the variables including educational level (p=0.001), occupation (p=0.007) and age (p=0.041) of the respondents. 58.1% (280) of population have a knowledge of zoonotic tuberculosis transmission through consumption of raw milk, whereas 7.9% (38), 4.4% (21) and 9.2% (44) aware only zoonotictuberculosis transmission through uncooked meat, inhalation and contact, respectively. However, 20.2% (97) of respondents were having no awarenesson the transmission routes of zoonotic TB. From the respondents, 63 (13.1%) were consume raw milk, even though most of the participants (170, 59%) were consuming boiled milk. Those consume both raw and boiled milk were accounted for 58 (20.1%). The ways of community milk usage was significantly different in different types of respondent’s occupation and in different districts (p=0.000). This study indicates that the community awareness about zoonotic tuberculosis and its means of transmission was very low. Therefore, it necessitates detail study on epidemiological and socioeconomic significance of the disease in the community so as for effective implementation of TB control and prevention measures.
Highlights
It is well known that humans and animals have had close interactions
Bovine tuberculosis among the principal zoonotic diseases is caused by Mycobacteriumbovis, member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), which affects many vertebrate animals and humans [2, 3, 4]
Mandatory pasteurization of milk combined with tuberculin testing and culling of infected cattle resulted in dramatic decline in the incidence of human TBdue to Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) [6]
Summary
The interaction is becoming largely increased in the 21st century due to the shift from extensive rural production system into the combined urban and peri-urban intensified livestock husbandry to satisfy the rise in demand for animal products. This largely contributes to the ongoing transmission of shared infectious zoonotic diseases from cattle to humans [1]. Bovine tuberculosis among the principal zoonotic diseases is caused by Mycobacteriumbovis, member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), which affects many vertebrate animals and humans [2, 3, 4]. In developing countries where BTB is still common and pasteurization of milk is not practiced, an estimated 10 to 15% of human TBcases are caused by M. bovis [7]
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