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Table 3 Knowledge of problems associated with house flies, mode of disease transmission, potential breeding season and places

From: A cross sectional survey of knowledge, attitude and practices related to house flies among dairy farmers in Punjab, Pakistan

 

Multan

Lahore

Faisalabad

Shorkot

Total

 

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)

  1. *Response of respondents who answered the house fly as a disease transmitter (n = 77).
  2. Total percentage of most of the categories exceed that of 100% due to multiple responses.