Multan | Lahore | Faisalabad | Shorkot | Total | |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Have you heard about house flies? | |||||
-Yes | 52 (100%) | 50 (100%) | 43 (100%) | 28 (100%) | 173 (100%) |
-No | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Knowledge of the problems associated with house flies | |||||
-These cause nuisance to humans | 13 (25.00) | 13 (26.00) | 9 (20.93) | 6 (21.43) | 41 (23.70) |
-These cause nuisance to farm animals | 1 (1.92) | 3 (6.00) | 2 (4.65) | 1 (3.57) | 7 (4.05) |
-These interfere the milking process | 4 (7.69) | 4 (8.00) | 2 (4.65) | 2 (7.14) | 12 (6.94) |
-These transmit diseases in humans | 8 (15.38) | 8 (16.00) | 6 (13.95) | 6 (21.43) | 28 (16.18) |
-These transmit diseases in farm animals | 5 (9.62) | 7 (14.00) | 6 (13.95) | 1 (3.57) | 19 (10.98) |
-These transmit diseases both in humans and animals | 9 (17.31) | 9 (18.00) | 6 (13.95) | 6 (21.42) | 30 (17.34) |
I don’t know | 20 (38.46) | 19 (38.00) | 20 (46.51) | 12 (42.86) | 71 (41.04) |
Knowledge of the diseases transmitted by house flies* | |||||
House flies cause Avian influenza/bird flu | 1 (4.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (2.60) |
House flies cause diarrhea | 8 (32.00) | 8 (36.36) | 5 (27.78) | 1 (8.33) | 22 (28.57) |
I don’t know | 17 (68.00) | 14 (63.63) | 13 (72.22) | 11 (91.66) | 55 (71.43) |
Mode of disease transmission by house flies* | |||||
-These contaminate food and drinking water | 3 (11.54) | 2 (9.09) | 1 (5.56) | 1 (9.09) | 7 (9.09) |
-These cause Infection through wounds | 5 (19.23) | 6 (27.27) | 4 (22.22) | 1 (9.09) | 16 (20.78) |
I don’t know | 18 (69.23) | 16 (72.72) | 11 (61.11) | 10 (90.91) | 55 (71.43) |
Usual active time of house flies | |||||
-These remain active at day time | 26 (50.00) | 25 (50.00) | 22 (51.16) | 18 (64.29) | 91 (52.60) |
-These remain active at night time | 5 (9.62) | 2 (4.00) | 3 (6.98) | 0 (0.00) | 10 (5.78) |
-These remain active every time | 21 (40.38) | 23 (46.00) | 18 (41.86) | 10 (35.71) | 72 (41.62) |
Knowledge of the house flies breeding season | |||||
House flies breed more in | |||||
-Summer | 17 (32.69) | 17 (34.00) | 14 (32.56) | 10 (35.71) | 58 (33.53) |
-Winter | 6 (11.54) | 9 (18.00) | 3 (6.98) | 3 (10.71) | 21 (12.14) |
-Spring | 8 (15.38) | 10 (20.00) | 4 (9.30) | 1 (3.57) | 23 (13.29) |
I don’t know | 22 (42.31) | 15 (30.00) | 24 (55.81) | 14 (50.00) | 75 (43.35) |
Knowledge of the house flies breeding places | |||||
House flies breed in | |||||
-filth of any type | 18 (34.62) | 12 (24.00) | 11 (25.58) | 10 (35.71) | 51 (29.48) |
-human excreta | 13 (25.00) | 12 (24.00) | 13 (30.23) | 8 (28.57) | 46 (26.59) |
-farm animals’ manure | 2 (3.85) | 1 (2.00) | 1 (2.33) | 1 (3.57) | 5 (2.89) |
I don’t know | 25 (48.08) | 29 (58.00) | 21 (48.84) | 12 (42.86) | 87 (50.29) |