Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Assessment of community knowledge, attitude and practices on milkhygiene and milk borne zoonosis in tribal area of the Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh
Author(s): Namita Shukla, Manju Roy, SD Hirpurkar and Om Prakash
Abstract: A cross sectional study was conducted in Surajpur District of Chattisagarh to assess dairy farmers milk hygiene practices and awareness on milk borne zoonosis. Data were collected from 160 farmers from 7 selected villages and Surajpur city using semi-structured questionnaires and direct observation. The results of socio-demographic study showed that 120 respondents comprise of male, while 40 are female of different age and education level. In the study area all respondents have a separate house for animal. Regarding barn cleaning, 55% respondents clean barn once a day and rest 45% clean twice a day and no one clean thrice a day. Most of respondent (90%) cleans the barn before milking. While 20% do not clean before milking. About 62.5% respondents washed their hands with water only and about 37.5% used water with soap, none of them use warm water. The majority of respondents (92%) were not taking precautions to avoid sneezing and coughing over milk while handling milk. The result shows that 95% respondent uses normal water without soap for udder washing whereas, 5% use soap with water.In these studies most of the respondents(95%) use aluminium cans for collection of milk whereas 5% use plastic container. In respect to cleaning method practices in study area show that 60%respondent wash milk containers with warm water and detergent while 40%respondent wash containers with normal water and detergent. Based on the finding of this study farmer awareness about milk borne zoonosis was only20%. In this study area about 11.87% respondents were aware of disease, tuberculosis, 20% respondent were aware about mastitis and 8.75% were aware of brucellosis. Respondents were asked if they was aware of pasteurization mean of prevention of milk borne zoonosis, then only 15% respondent were aware. While 85% respondent believes, as boiling as a mean of prevention of milk borne zoonosis. The study concludes that milk hygiene practice and awareness about milk borne zoonosis is very poor.
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Namita Shukla, Manju Roy, SD Hirpurkar, Om Prakash. Assessment of community knowledge, attitude and practices on milkhygiene and milk borne zoonosis in tribal area of the Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):3082-3085.