Factors | Responses (%) |
Knowledge on T. solium cysticercus (n = 299) | 49.8 |
Yes | 50.2 |
No | |
Possibility to see cysticercus in live pigs (n = 277) | |
Yes | 31.8 |
No | 68.2 |
Predilection sites for cysts in live pigs (n = 201) | |
Under skin | 8.5 |
Under the tongue | 44.8 |
Don’t know | 46.8 |
How human can get tapeworm (n = 198) | |
Through pork | 59.1 |
Without washing hands | 5.6 |
Contaminated food and water | 16.2 |
Don’t know | 9.2 |
Do you know anything about tapeworm (n = 283) | |
Yes | 35 |
No | 65 |
How pigs can be infected by T. solium cysticercosis (n = 288) | |
Human feaces | 33.7 |
Pigs feaces | 4.9 |
From pigs with larva | 12.8 |
Don’t know | 48.7 |
What do you do when your pig is infected with cysticercus (n = 260) | |
Selling pigs | 3.8 |
Giving the local medicine | 12.3 |
Destroying the larva | 8.1 |
Don’t know | 47.3 |
Other means | 28.5 |
Which methods are used to prevent cysticercosis infection in pigs (n = 280) | |
Using pigpen | 36.4 |
Local medicine | 3.6 |
Cleaning the environment | 30.4 |
Don’t know | 29.6 |
Have you ever diagnosed cysts in your pigs (n = 285) | |
Yes | 20.7 |
No | 79.3 |
Did you manage to sell your infected pigs (n = 59) | |
Yes | 35.1 |
No | 64.9 |
Do you prefer to slaughter pigs at your home (n = 295) | |
Yes | 22.7 |
No | 77.3 |