Why pigs are free-roaming: Communities' perceptions, knowledge and practices regarding pig management and taeniosis/cysticercosis in a Taenia solium endemic rural area in Eastern Zambia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 225, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-42

  Thys, Séverine ^a   Mwape, Kabemba E ^b,c   Lefèvre, Pierre ^a   Dorny, Pierre ^a   Phiri, Andrew M ^b   Marcotty, Tanguy ^d   Phiri, Isaac K ^b   Gabriël, Sarah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d Veterinary Epidemiology Risk Analysis and Diagnosis Research and Development (VERDI R and D)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Disease control; Focus groups; One health; Pig management; Taenia solium; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PERCEPTION; PIG FARMING; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; VACCINATION; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; PIG; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHILD; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; ZAMBIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84973303869     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.05.029     Document Type: Article

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