A community-based knowledge, attitude, and practice survey on rabies among cattle owners in selected areas of Bhutan

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 13; no. 4; p. e0007305
• Main Authors: Rinchen, Sangay, Tenzin, Tenzin, Hall, David, van der Meer, Frank, Sharma, Basant, Dukpa, Kinzang, Cork, Susan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.04.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Attitudes; Beef cattle; Biology and Life Sciences; Cattle; Control; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Dogs; Economic aspects; Economics; Ecosystems; Education; Farmers; Farms; Health aspects; Health risks; Infectious diseases; Knowledge; Livelihoods; Livestock; Medicine and Health Sciences; Milk; Oral cavity; Outbreaks; Parturition; Pathogens; People and Places; Personal protective equipment; Physical Sciences; Polls & surveys; Prevention; Protective devices; Protective equipment; Public health; Rabies; Regression analysis; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Rural areas; Subsistence agriculture; Subsistence farming; Surveying; Transmission; Tropical diseases; Veterinary medicine; Zoonoses; Bhutan; Canada; Alberta Canada; India

Rabies remains a disease of significant zoonotic and economic concern in rabies endemic areas of Bhutan. Rabies outbreaks in livestock threaten the livelihoods of subsistence farming communities and pose a potential public health threat. As a part of identifying approaches to prevent rabies in cattl...