| assessment of veterinary needs of ruminant livestock owners in ghana. | we assessed the needs of ruminant-livestock owners in three districts in ghana for veterinary services, the acceptability of particular services or activities and the willingness of people to use services through public or private delivery systems. purposive sampling was used in choosing 516, 100 and 100 ruminant-livestock owners in east mamprusi, savelugu-nanton and tamale districts, respectively, for the administration of a questionnaire. the response proportions were 87-99%. focus-group discu ... | 2003 | 14554142 |
| human behavioural factors implicated in outbreaks of human anthrax in the tamale municipality of northern ghana. | the knowledge, attitude, beliefs and practices of cattle owners, herdsmen, butchers and meat consumers about anthrax were used to provide a better understanding of the major factors responsible for the frequent outbreaks of human anthrax in the tamale municipality of northern ghana. a total of 96% of the respondents, made up of 50 cattle owners, 50 herdsmen, 25 butchers and 125 consumers, knew of anthrax and the clinical signs indicative of anthrax in cattle. however, very few knew the causative ... | 2000 | 10913766 |