Seroprevalence and Public Health Significance of Toxoplasmosis in Small Ruminants of Pastoral Community in Yabello District, Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 5

Summary of the findings of the questionnaire survey regarding possible risk factors and awareness level of the community about toxoplasmosis in the Yabello district.

Variables	Category	Frequency (%) (n = 100)	Toxoplasmosis knowledge
			Yes	No
Place	Urban	10 (10%)	3 (30%)	7 (70%)
	Rural	90 (90%)	0 (0%)	90 (100%)
	Total	100 (100%)	3 (3%)	97 (97%)
Sex	Male	67 (67%)	3 (4.5%)	65 (95.5%)
	Female	23 (23%)	0 (0%)	23 (100%)
Age	15–24	25 (25%)	0 (0%)	25 (100%)
	25–36	43 (43%)	3 (7%)	40 (93%)
	37–48	19 (19%)	0 (0%)	19 (100%)
	>48	13 (13%)	0 (0%)	13 (100%)
Religion	Wakefata	75 (75%)	1 (3.3%)	74 (96.7%)
	Muslim	15 (15%)	1 (6.7%)	14 (93.3%)
	Protestant	10 (10%)	1 (10%)	9 (90%)
Education	Uneducated	86 (86%)	0 (0%)	86 (100%)
	Primary school	6 (6%)	0 (0%)	6 (100%)
	Secondary school	2 (2%)	0 (0%)	2 (100%)
	Tertiary school	6 (6%)	3 (50%)	3 (50%)
Water source	Pipe water	5 (5%)	3 (60%)	2 (40%)
	Well	23 (23%)	0 (0%)	23 (100%)
	Lake	33 (33%)	0 (0%)	33 (100%)
	Mixed	39 (39%)	0 (0%)	39 (100%)
Raw milk consumption	Yes	75 (75%)	0 (0%)	75 (100%)
	No	25 (25%)	3 (12%)	22 (88%)
Raw meat consumption	Yes	80 (80%)	0 (0%)	80 (100%)
	No	20 (20%)	3 (15%)	3 (15%)
Fetus handling	Hand wash	33 (33%)	3 (9%)	30 (91%)
	No hand wash	3 (3%)	0 (0%)	3 (100%)
	Dry hand by cloth	63 (63%)	0 (0%)	63 (100%)
Presence of domestic cat	Yes	70 (70%)	2 (2.9%)	68 (97.1%)
	No	30 (30%)	1 (3.3%)	29 (96.7%)
Cat risk to human health	Yes	53 (53%)	3 (5.5%)	50 (94.5%)
	No	47 (47%)	0 (0%)	47 (100%)
Cat risk to animal health	Yes	20 (20%)	3 (15%)	17 (75%)
	No	80 (80%)	0 (0%)	80 (100%)
Abortion in flock	Yes	63 (63%)	1 (1.6%)	62 (98.4%)
	No	27 (27%)	2 (7.4%)	25 (92.6%)