scholarly journals Supporting control programs on African swine fever in Ukraine through a knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey targeting backyard farmers

Author(s):  
Violeta Muñoz‐Gómez ◽  
Oleksii Solodiankin ◽  
Nataliia Rudova ◽  
Anton Gerilovych ◽  
Serhiy Nychyk ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Chenais ◽  
S. Boqvist ◽  
S. Sternberg-Lewerin ◽  
U. Emanuelson ◽  
E. Ouma ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 3109
Author(s):  
A GABER ◽  
YM HEGAZY ◽  
AF OREIBY ◽  
T ABDEL WAHAB ◽  
MH AL-GAABARY

Neosporosis has emerged as a serious disease of cattle and dogs worldwide, causing abortions, neonatal mortalities and massive economic losses in dairy herds. The current study aimed to investigate the burden of Neospora (N.) caninum infection among cows that aborted and to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) of farmers toward neosporosis in Kafrelsheikh governorate, Egypt. A total of 92 cows that aborted and 25 heifers born from cows that aborted and seropositive for N. caninum infection from 15 dairy herds in different districts of Kafrelsheikh governorate were examined serologically against N. caninum infection using ELISA. A structured questionnaire was built and distributed to 41 farmers in the study area. The overall seroprevalence of N. caninum infection among the examined cows that aborted was 38.04% (35/92). On the other hand, the prevalence of N. caninum infection among the 25 examined heifers born from seropositive cows that aborted was 28% (7/25). The KAPs analysis showed that farmers lack the required information on N. caninum infection and its consequences on dairy farms. The farmers performed risky practices which are responsible for disease entrance and spread on the farm; buy and keeping animals after abortion as well as their heifers. In addition, risk management practices were widespread in dairy farms such as: free movement of dogs, especially stray ones, in 100% of the farms, dogs were able to access and defecate in cattle feed and drinking water sources and had the chance to eat placentas and abortion materials. The current study points out neosporosis as a neglected cause of abortion among cattle in Kafrelsheikh governorate, as well as there is a lack of knowledge and risky practices by the local farmers. These findings may be extrapolated to nearby areas and countries of the same cattle husbandry practices, and veterinary services in such countries should consider neosporosis in their surveillance and control programs.


2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrdad Askarian ◽  
Ziad A. Memish ◽  
Ashraf A. Khan

Our goal was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infection control and standard precautions among a group of nursing and midwifery instructors and students in Iran. A survey questionnaire was completed by 273 nursing and midwifery instructors and students at Shiraz University Medical Sciences during the period from May to November 2002. Two hundred thirty-one (90.9%) of the participants reported that they needed additional infection control education, especially on standard isolation precautions. There was a linear positive correlation between knowledge, practice, and attitude scores for the group of nursing, auxiliary nursing, and midwifery instructors, as well as their students (P < .05). Our study shows that there is an urgent need for evaluating education on infection control practices and standard precautions in general, as well as for structured infection control programs among nursing and midwifery staff.


2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligia B. da Silva ◽  
Mariana Gabriel ◽  
Márcia M. Marques ◽  
Fernanda C. Carrer ◽  
Flávia Gonçalves ◽  
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