Tubercles in cattle carcasses and risk behaviours for zoonotic tuberculosis transmission among workers in a municipal slaughterhouse
| Autor: | Leonard E. Gugu, John A. Nwanta, Innocent Okwundu Nwankwo, A.J. Ogugua, J. I. Onunkwo, Rose C. Basil-Ejidike |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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knowledge
Tuberculosis Science (General) practices Agriculture (General) Medicine (miscellaneous) Nigeria Plant Science Horticulture tubercles Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) law.invention S1-972 Ikpa slaughter Q1-390 law Environmental health medicine Risk behaviour Forestry medicine.disease Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Transmission (mechanics) Geography zoonotic tuberculosis Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Notulae Scientia Biologicae, Vol 13, Iss 2 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2067-3264 2067-3205 |
| Popis: | Prevalence of zoonotic tuberculosis in livestock in Nigeria contributes substantially to TB incidence among the population at risk. This study sought for tubercles in cattle carcasses and assessed knowledge and risk behaviours for zoonotic tuberculosis transmission among workers in Ikpa slaughter, Nsukka, Nigeria. Tubercle samples collected during meat inspection of 420 cattle carcasses were subjected to Ziehl Neelson stain. Questionnaire was issued to 50 slaughterhouse workers and data generated analysed with STATA 12 at p |
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