Table 3 Participant’s knowledge, attitude and practices towards anthrax disease in Koraput
Model | Question | Frequency | Proportion (%) | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge | Have heard about anthrax in animals or humans (n = 2670) |  |  |  |
 Yes | 541 | 20.26 | 18.7—21.8 | |
 No | 2129 | 79.74 | 78.1—81.2 | |
Knowledge about symptoms of animal anthrax (n = 2670) |  |  |  | |
 Yes | 227 | 8.50 | 7.4–9.6 | |
 No | 2443 | 91.50 | 90.3–92.5 | |
Knowledge about transmission of anthrax in animals (n = 2670) |  |  |  | |
 Yes | 271 | 10.15 | 9.1–11.3 | |
 No | 2399 | 89.85 | 88.6–90.9 | |
Knowledge about symptoms of human anthrax (n = 2670) |  |  |  | |
 Yes | 296 | 11.08 | 9.9–12.3 | |
 No | 2374 | 88.92 | 87.6–90.1 | |
Knowledge on mode of transmission of anthrax from animal to human (n = 2670) |  |  |  | |
 Yes | 207 | 7.75 | 6.7–8.8 | |
 No | 2463 | 92.25 | 91.1–93.2 | |
Knowledge about preventive method of anthrax—vaccination of livestock (n = 1907) |  |  |  | |
 Yes | 495 | 25.96 | 24.0–27.9 | |
 No | 1412 | 74.04 | 72.0–75.9 | |
Information about financial help from the government for the burial of dead animals (n = 1907) |  |  |  | |
 Yes | 22 | 1.15 | 0.7–1.8 | |
 No | 1885 | 98.85 | 98.2–99.3 | |
Attitude | Place of anthrax vaccination (n = 495) |  |  |  |
 Home | 377 | 76.16 | 72.1–79.8 | |
 Veterinary hospital | 82 | 16.56 | 13.4–20.2 | |
 Animal health check-up camps | 36 | 7.28 | 5.2–10.0 | |
Misconceptions and challenges regarding anthrax vaccination (n = 495) |  |  |  | |
 Productivity of animals will be hampered | 90 | 18.19 | 14.9–21.9 | |
 Vaccination is costly | 86 | 17.38 | 14.2–21.0 | |
 Livestock inspector is not coming home | 61 | 12.32 | 9.6–15.6 | |
 Animals become weak after vaccination | 108 | 21.81 | 18.3–25.7 | |
 None | 150 | 30.30 | 26.3–34.6 | |
Respondents’ reaction to suspected anthrax cases in animals (n = 541) |  |  |  | |
 Inform relevant authority | 398 | 73.57 | 69.6–77.1 | |
 Traditional methods | 18 | 3.33 | 2.0–5.3 | |
 Do not report anyone | 125 | 23.1 | 19.6–26.9 | |
Practices | Vaccinated their livestock animals against anthrax (n = 1907) |  |  |  |
 Yes | 406 | 21.29 | 19.5–23.2 | |
 No | 1501 | 78.71 | 76.7–80.5 | |
Period of conduction of anthrax vaccination of animals (n = 406) |  |  |  | |
 Less than 6 months | 245 | 60.35 | 55.4–65.1 | |
 6 months–1 year | 117 | 28.81 | 24.5–33.5 | |
 1–2 years | 23 | 5.67 | 3.7–8.5 | |
 More than 2 years | 21 | 5.17 | 3.3–7.9 | |
Was the anthrax vaccination free of cost (n = 406) |  |  |  | |
 Yes | 162 | 39.90 | 35.1–44.8 | |
 No | 244 | 60.10 | 55.1–64.8 | |
Respondent’s meat consuming habit (n = 2670) |  |  |  | |
 Yes | 2393 | 89.63 | 88.3–90.7 | |
 No | 277 | 10.37 | 9.3–11.6 | |
Type of meat the respondents consume# (n = 2393) |  |  |  | |
 Beef | 353 | 14.75 | 13.4–16.2 | |
 Pig | 135 | 5.64 | 4.7–6.6 | |
 Sheep | 2204 | 92.1 | 90.9–93.1 | |
 Goat | 1810 | 75.64 | 73.8–77.3 | |
Respondent’s consuming animal blood in their diet (n = 2393) |  |  |  | |
 Yes | 599 | 25.03 | 23.3–26.8 | |
 No | 1794 | 74.97 | 73.1–76.6 | |
Respondents managing dead bodies of livestock animals (n = 1907) |  |  |  | |
 Burial | 1591 | 83.43 | 81.6–85.1 | |
 Throw them away | 129 | 6.77 | 5.7–8.0 | |
 Distribute among villagers | 55 | 2.88 | 2.2–3.7 | |
 Selling the carcass | 51 | 2.67 | 2.0–3.5 | |
 Consume the meat | 81 | 4.25 | 3.4–5.3 |