Abstract
Awareness, knowledge, and risks of zoonotic diseases among livestock farmers in Punjab
Highlights
Zoonoses, diseases and infections that are naturally transmissible between vertebrate animals and humans [1], are among the most frequent and dreaded risks to which mankind are exposed
Purchased animal if suffered from diseases such as brucellosis or tuberculosis may act as a potential source of infection to farmers as well as to other animals, but merely 14% respondents got their animals tested for brucellosis and tuberculosis before making purchase
As for as the awareness toward zoonotic diseases is concerned (Table-3), about 84.8%, 46.0%, 32.8%, 4.61%, and 92.4% of livestock farmers were aware of zoonotic nature of rabies, brucellosis, tuberculosis, anthrax, and bird flu, respectively, whereas as they had never heard about cysticercosis and echinococcosis
Summary
Diseases and infections that are naturally transmissible between vertebrate animals and humans [1], are among the most frequent and dreaded risks to which mankind are exposed. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http:// creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. Bovine tuberculosis, cysticercosis, echinococcosis, and anthrax are listed as seven endemic zoonoses of concern [3]. In developing countries, they constitute an important threat to human health [4] especially for societies that domesticate and breed animals for food and clothing
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