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Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Veteriner Dergisi |
2014, Cilt 28, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 061-064 |
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Knowledge Level of Dairy Farm Owners About Cystic Echinococcosis: Example of Kars Province |
Pınar DEMİR1, Gencay Taşkın TAŞCI2, Neriman MOR3, Cemalettin AYVAZOĞLU4, Reşat TAZEGÜL5 |
1Kafkas Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Hayvancılık İşletme Ekonomisi Anabilim Dalı, Kars, TÜRKİYE 2Kafkas Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı, Kars, TÜRKİYE 3Kafkas Üniversitesi, Kars Sağlık Yüksekokulu, Kars, TÜRKİYE 4Ardahan Üniversitesi, Göle Meslek Yüksekokulu, Ardahan, TÜRKİYE 5Kars İl Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık Müdürlüğü, Hayvan Sağlığı, Üreticiliği ve Su Ürünleri Şube Müdürlüğü, Kars, TÜRKİYE |
Keywords: Cystic echinococcosis, dairy farm, knowledge level, Kars |
Echinococcosis is still very important disease affecting animal health and causing economic losses
in Turkey. This study aimed to investigate general knowledge and practice of dairy farmers on the
cystic echinococcosis in Kars where animal husbandry is extensive. The material of this study was
consisted of survey data obtained from 92 dairy cattle farmers in central villages of Kars. The
results showed that the farmers slaughter a mean of 1.78 beef cattle/year at home and they noticed
liver cysts in 30.5% of those animals. 5.4% of the participants reported history of hydatid cyst in
their family members and 7.6% claimed that they know the transmission routes of the disease.
Only 33.7% of the farmers were using embedding method for discarding cystic livers of slaughtered
animals. The dogs owned by 19.5% of the participants were receiving regular veterinary service,
35.6% of the farmers were applying antiparasitic drugs to their dogs which costed 32.30 TL per
annum. It is concluded that general knowledge level of and protection measures taken by farmers
for cystic echinococcosis were inadequate in Kars.
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