Alhaji Nma Bida, Odetokun Ismail Ayoade, Erena Abdullahi Abubakar
Public Health and Epidemiology Unit, Niger State Veterinary Hospital, Minna.
Vet Ital. 2019 Mar 31;55(1):63-72. doi: 10.12834/VetIt.1048.5574.2.
This study was aimed to assess zoonotic disease knowledge, risk perceptions, and preventive practices of animal health professionals in Nigeria. Cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted on 582 participants and 529 responded. Collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression models. The proportion of veterinarians (92.0%) which knowledge about zoonosis was much higher (P < 0.001) than that of para-veterinarians (32.4%). In contrast to para-veterinarians (46.2%), the majority of veterinarians (76.7%) perceived high risk of zoonotic infections during necropsy/tissue collections. Similarly, a much higher (P < 0.001) proportion of veterinarians (54.0%) considered hand washing before eating at work as effective way of risk mitigation, compared to para-veterinarians (25.0%). Professionals in large animal practice were less likely (OR 0.35; 95% CI: 0.16, 0.77) not to be engaged in satisfactory protective measures. These results constitute public health contributions to the risk mitigation information that may support measures for zoonosis prevention in Nigeria.
本研究旨在评估尼日利亚动物卫生专业人员的人畜共患病知识、风险认知及预防措施。对582名参与者进行了横断面问卷调查，529人做出回应。收集的数据采用描述性统计和多变量逻辑回归模型进行分析。兽医中了解人畜共患病的比例（92.0%）远高于准兽医（32.4%）（P<0.001）。与准兽医（46.2%）不同，大多数兽医（76.7%）认为在尸检/组织采集过程中人畜共患感染风险很高。同样，与准兽医（25.0%）相比，兽医中认为工作时饭前洗手是有效降低风险方式的比例更高（P<0.001）（54.0%）。从事大动物业务的专业人员采取令人满意的防护措施的可能性较小（比值比0.35；95%置信区间：0.16，0.77）。这些结果为风险降低信息做出了公共卫生贡献，可能有助于支持尼日利亚预防人畜共患病的措施。
