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Table 4 Summary of cattle owners’ knowledge about BTB and its transmission to humans

From: Bovine tuberculosis in eastern Ethiopia: prevalence, risk factors and its public health importance

Question item

Number of respondents’

Number responded (%)

Know BTB can affect animal

43

14 (32.55)

Know BTB is zoonotic

43

10 (23.25)

Know raw milk is vehicle for TB

43

9 (20.93)

Consume raw milk

43

23 (53.48)

Know meat is vehicle for BTB

43

8 (18.60)

Consume raw meat

43

14 (32.55)

Share the same house with cattle

43

16 (37.20)

Know close contact with cattle can facilitate BTB transmission

43

5 (11.62)

Sick with TB

43

3 (6.97)