A Preliminary Study on Public Health Implications of Avian Tuberculosis in Selected Districts of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Table 1
Summary of the major host-related and environmental risk factors and their effect on the awareness of farmers involved in the study about the occurrence of avian tuberculosis and its zoonotic implications.
Variables
Category
Number of farmers participated in the study, % (N)
Number aware of avian TB in chickens and its zoonotic implications, % (N)
Fisher’s exact value
Age
19–30 years
24.2 (22)
31.8 (7)
0.003
31–64 years
72.5 (66)
4.5 (3)
65–75 years
3.3 (3)
0 (0)
Gender
Male
41.8 (53)
7.5 (4)
0.310
Female
58.2 (38)
15.8 (6)
Edu. level
Illiterate
46.2 (42)
7.1 (3)
0.135
Adult edu.
11 (10)
0 (0)
Elem. edu.
30.8 (28)
14.3 (4)
H. sch edu.
9.9 (9)
22.2 (2)
Co. edu.
2.2 (2)
50 (1)
Altitude
Highland
33 (30)
20 (6)
0.119
Midland
34.1 (31)
9.7 (3)
Lowland
33 (30)
3.3 (1)
Edu. = education, Elem. = elementary, H. sch. = high school, and Co. = college.
