Control measures followed by livestock owners with respect to zoonotic diseases

Abstract

Zoonoses are infections naturally transmitted between vertebrate animals and humans. An exploratory
Interview- schedule based study of livestock owners (n=120) was carried out in Basti and Gorakhpur Districts of
Uttar Pradesh, to assess control measures followed by livestock owners with respect to zoonotic diseases. A
combination of closed and open-ended questions and ranking techniques were employed to gather information
on perceptions concerning the type of zoonoses prevalent in the study area, level of risk, mode of
transmission, methods of preventing disease transmission from animals to humans. The results demonstrated
that livestock owners regular clean shed and their animals, treat their animal by para-veterinarians and used
practice like cleaning of teat of animals etc., These results suggest that in the Basti and Gorakhpur Districts of
Uttar Pradesh, had low awareness of zoonoses, combined with food consumption habits and poor animal
husbandry are likely to expose respondents to an increased risk of contracting zoonoses. Public health
promotion on education and inter-disciplinary one-health collaboration between vets, public health
practitioners and policy makers should result in a more efficient and effective joint approach to the diagnosis
and control of zoonoses in Uttar Pradesh.