Research Article
Assessment of the Knowledge of Poultry Farmers and Live Poultry
Sellers to Preventive and Control Measures on Bird Flu, Benin City, Nigeria
Table 3
Awareness of bird flu transmission through contact and reporting to veterinary authority.
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Frequency (%), | Yes | No | Total |
| Bird flu infects only chicken | 93 (39.7) | 141 (60.3) | 234 (100.0) | Bird flu can infect man | 159 (67.9) | 75 (32.1) | 234 (100.0) | By touching infected chicken | 120 (51.3) | 114 (48.7) | 234 (100.0) | Contact with infected birds | 173 (73.9) | 61 (26.1) | 234 (100.0) | Close contact with infected person | 133 (56.8) | 101 (43.2) | 234 (100.0) | Have many birds died at once | 97 (41.5) | 137 (58.4) | 234 (100.0) | Report to Vet. authority | 87 (37.2) | 147 (62.8) | 234 (100.0) | Wild birds fly into farms | 122 (52.1) | 112 (47.9) | 234 (100.0) | Visit to other farms | 158 (67.5) | 76 (32.5) | 234 (100.0) | Other farmers’ visit | 155 (66.2) | 79 (33.8) | 234 (100.0) | Chicken sellers’ visit | 167 (71.4) | 67 (28.6) | 234 (100.0) |
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: respondents awareness, %: percentage, multiple response.
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