National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Majority of the respondents belonged to middle age group 30-50 years (65.94%), mostly were illiterate (81.88%), farming was the main occupation(61.88%), and had their herd size up to 4 animals (96.56%). Contact with inter personal communication sources was found medium among (59.19%) respondents , participation in extension activities was low found in (99.69%), and mass media support was also found low among (92.19%). Regarding transmission of zoonotic diseases (48.13%) were aware. About (15.94%) of livestock farmers were aware of rabies, brucellosis, tuberculosis, anthrax, bird flu, echnicoccosis and swine flu. About (15.31%) agree of the transmission of zoonotic diseases to human beings through contaminated milk, meat, egg, air, feed, or through contact with infected animals. About (37.50%) of respondents had knowledge regarding risks of zoonotic diseases from various activities related with livestock rearing. Overall knowledge level was found low to medium level categories, whereas overall risk level was medium among livestock farmers.
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