3.1 Knowledge of Brucellosis
Different questions related to knowledge on Brucellosis were asked from
the participants. Out of 1600 participants, only 25 % had knowledge
about zoonosis. Similarly, 9.38%, 6.25%, 5% of respondents answered
yes against the questions knowledge about brucellosis, clinical signs,
transmission to human and animals which can transmit brucellosis to
human respectively (Table 1). In addition, the main sources of
information regarding brucellosis were Academic (25 %), newspaper
(6.25%), and electronic media (12.5%). When the question regarding the
use of infected animals’ by-product (milk/meat) was asked, 91.25% of
precipitants replied in “I don’t know”. The details of the results are
summerized in Table 1