Antiprotozoal Drug Handling and Management Practices in Asella District, Central Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 3

Knowledge and practices of animal health professionals on safe handling and management of antiprotozoal drugs (N = 20).

Focused questionnaire items	Response category	Frequency (%)
Transportation of drugs	Public transport	18 (90)
	Special vehicle	2 (10)
Proper drug storage practice	Proper	3 (15)
	Improper	17 (85)
Selling drugs without prescription	Yes	18 (90)
	No	2 (10)
Diagnosis of protozoan diseases	Tentative	20 (100)
	Confirmatory	0 (0)
Dose determination using age and body weight	Yes	20 (100)
	No	0 (0)
Follow-up of treated animals	Yes	4 (20)
	No	16 (80)
Informing drug withdrawal periods to end users	Yes	2 (10)
	No	18 (90)
Knowledge of safe handling and management of drugs starting from acquisition to end users	Yes	6 (30)
	No	14 (70)
Disposal of expired drugs	Burning	17 (85)
	Not yet	3 (15)