Living at the edge of an interface area in Zimbabwe: cattle owners, commodity chain and health workers’ awareness, perceptions and practices on zoonoses

Table 3 Summary of the respondents’ perceptions on the mode of transmission and preventive actions of zoonoses, and the risky practices for contracting zoonoses

Variable	Response	Cattle owners (n = 102)		Commodity Chain workers (n = 33)		Health workers (n = 58)		Total (n = 193)
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Transmission	Contact	9	8.8	23	69.7	39	67.2	71	36.8
	Bite	11	10.8	8	24.2	26	44.8	45	23.3
	Consumption	48	47.1	28	84.8	47	80.0	123	63.7
Risk factor	Consume meat	102	100	32	97	56	96.6	190	98.4
	Consume game meat	86	84.3	17	51.5	26	44.8	129	66.8
	Consume raw meat	23	22.5	6	18.2	3	5.2	32	16.6
	Consume meat from informal sources	46	45.1	3	9.1	16	27.6	65	33.7
	Consume milk	101	99.0	30	90.9	55	94.8	186	96.4
	Consume raw milk	54	52.9	9	27.3	17	29.3	80	41.5
	Consume milk from informal sources	13	12.7	5	15.2	16	27.6	34	17.6
Preventative action	Reason for cooking meat as fear of zoonoses	36	35.3	15	45.5	33	56.9	84	43.5
Preventative action	Reason for boiling milk as fear of zoonoses	33	32.4	9	27.3	29	50.0	71	39.4

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